Jose​ ​Tizoc
Mr.Davis
Junior​ ​English
December​ ​5,​ ​2017
Arthur​ ​Miller​ ​“The​ ​Crucible”​ ​Overview
“Power​ ​does​ ​not​ ​corrupt.​ ​Fear​ ​corrupts…Perhaps​ ​the​ ​fear​ ​of​ ​loss​ ​of​ ​Power.”
–​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​John​ ​Steinbeck
Throughout​ ​“The​ ​Crucible”,​ ​author​ ​Arthur​ ​Miller​ ​incorporates​ ​his​ ​perspective​ ​on​ ​how​ ​the​ ​justice
system​ ​can​ ​be​ ​biased​ ​and​ ​is​ ​not​ ​perfect​ ​or​ ​fair​ ​at​ ​all​ ​times.​ ​Miller​ ​is​ ​considered​ ​one​ ​of​ ​the
greatest​ ​American​ ​playwrights​ ​of​ ​the​ ​20th​ ​century.​ ​His​ ​best​ ​known​ ​plays​ ​include​ ​‘All​ ​My​ ​Sons’,
‘A​ ​View​ ​from​ ​the​ ​Bridge’,​ ​‘The​ ​Crucible’​ ​and​ ​the​ ​Pulitzer​ ​Prize-winning​ ​‘Death​ ​of​ ​a​ ​Salesman’.
Born​ ​in​ ​Harlem,​ ​New​ ​York​ ​in​ ​1915,​ ​Arthur​ ​Miller​ ​attended​ ​the​ ​University​ ​of​ ​Michigan​ ​before
moving​ ​back​ ​East​ ​to​ ​write​ ​dramas​ ​for​ ​the​ ​stage.​ ​Arthur​ ​Miller​ ​was​ ​born​ ​in​ ​Harlem,​ ​New​ ​York​ ​on
October​ ​17,​ ​1915​ ​to​ ​an​ ​immigrant​ ​family​ ​of​ ​Polish​ ​and​ ​Jewish​ ​descent.​ ​His​ ​father,​ ​Isidore,
owned​ ​a​ ​successful​ ​coat​ ​manufacturing​ ​business,​ ​and​ ​his​ ​mother,​ ​Augusta,​ ​to​ ​whom​ ​he​ ​was
closer,​ ​was​ ​an​ ​educator​ ​and​ ​an​ ​avid​ ​reader​ ​of​ ​novels.​ ​He​ ​became​ ​concerned​ ​over​ ​the​ ​dilemma
between​ ​justice​ ​and​ ​society​ ​after​ ​being​ ​a​ ​part​ ​of​ ​the​ ​“Red​ ​Scare”​ ​in​ ​the​ ​1920’s.​​ ​In​ ​the​ ​play​ ​“The