1. What was Miller's point in writing The Crucible?
http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/4191/MILLER/millers.html
This site describes exactly why Miller wrote the play and how it relates to the concept of McCarthyism.
2. How are McCarthyism, the Red Scare, Arthur Miller, and the Crucible interrelated?
http://81.255.61.186/us/crucible/Coralie%20and%20Alix/Mc%20Carthyism.html
This site combinies the similarities between McCarthyism, the Red Scare, and the Crucible. It talks a great deal about McCarthyism, somewhat on the Red Scare, and gives character and plot descriptions along with how it relates to McCarthyism for the Crucible.
3. Document other times in American history when 'witch hunts' were conducted and discuss the outcomes of the Salem witch hunt and the other witch hunts you find. What do they all have in common?
http://oregonstate.edu/dept/humanities/Newsletter/Fall%202007/Vargas.htm
The form of witch hunting that is talked about on this site is the Mexican American 'Witch Hunt' during the 1950's during the Red Scare after World War II.
