The+Crucible+Period+9

== This wiki is researched and written by Mrs. Wiles's English 10 Class.

Arthur Miller wrote //The Crucible// after the "witch hunt" of Nazi Germany and during the "witch hunt" that was the McCarthy hearings. The links below will help to edify our understanding of the text and the author's impetus.
 * Daily Life in Salem in the 1600s
 * Puritanism and Government
 * McCarthyism
 * Witchcraft
 * Witch trials of 1692
 * Witch-hunts (17th century and modern)
 * Biography of Arthur Miller