Pleas help me with this one it has to by my own opinion but I’m really not good when it comes to stuff like that
2006-11-18 09:07:05 · 3 answers · asked by Kasia 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I don't think that he really wanted to talk about the Salem Witch trials at all -- or if so its only a parallel. Arthur Miller was accused of being a "Red" and having partialness for communists. The trials that went on at this time were often called witch trials.
But specifically, to answer your question, I think he meant to characterize the main character girl as a source of evil, who knew that her claims were false, and did not care who she hurt in order to save herself.
2006-11-18 09:15:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Miller was using the Salem Witch Trials as an analogy to what was going on during the Un-American Activity Hearings under Senator Joe McCarthy in the 1950s.
2006-11-18 09:16:58 · answer #2 · answered by Feathery 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
he based the salem witch trials on what was happening at the time with mccarthyism; people being blackballed for being communist and what have you.
2006-11-18 09:28:48 · answer #3 · answered by mudd 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋