Reading three articles about the play entitled "The Crucible" I noticed many interesting facts. Many questions also came to mind. The main question was: “What was Arthur's purpose in writing The Crucible”? Well, let's start by saying that Arthur Miller was an extremely American playwright. Miller was born in 1915, but where was his childhood? He grew up in New York with a Jewish family. Arthur Millers play was performed on Broadway at the Martin Beck. This happened in the year 1953. The show was called The Crucible. Was The Crucible also one of his best places? Well, it was still one of his best second comedies. What were the events of Miller's play? The event of the show had to do with the events that happened in Salem. What happened in Salem was a witch trial. Most unfavorable people thought the play was a comedy about a terrible time in American history. Based on this I wondered: was he trying to send a message using the events about Salem? Miller himself said: "The play is not reportage of any kind: no one can start writing a tragedy and hope to make it reportage. What I was doing was writing a fictional story about an important theme." What did he mean by this? That his work had to do with a personal experience and a very important topic that should have been known to many people. However, "Miller had been drawn to Salem's story for quite some time, and was adamant that his work was not a direct attack on McCarthy." This answered my question a bit. towards McCarthy? Was it because a lot of people thought he was or seemed to be According to all this he actually wrote The Crucible as a response to Senator McCarthy and the house... middle of paper...? .nd consciously”. Ultimately The Crucible was a story of betrayal, scandal, deceit and hysteria. Works Cited Decter, Midge "The witches of Arthur Miller Vol 103. (1997): p54-56 Wilson). Web. 12 December 2013. .Lavanture, Douglas. "Stepenwolf Theater Company, n.d. Web. 12 December 2013. .Simmons, Jerold. "Arthur Miller and "The Crucible." American History Vol. 85, number 3 (1998): p1193-1193 Full text of Humanities (H.W. Wilson, December 12). 2013. .