![]() He said he wrote the play to expose the processīy which terror.Political views and producing a similar kind of The HUAC was harassing those with unpopular ![]() He writes The Crucible in 1953, believing that.Speech was being threatened, particularly speech When McCarthy begins to investigate allegedĬommunists, Miller becomes concerned that free.Represent what is going on with something else In other words When you tell one story to help.In narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form. Or principles by characters, figures, or events Allegory The representation of abstract ideas.Written about US events in the 1600s as an.Hysteria of Salem in 1692.Suddenly he could Inexplicable darkness that had produced the Play about the Salem Witch Trials, but felt heĬouldnt understand the climate of fear and the Had been interested in some time in writing a.Offices broken into 14 times from 1947-1951 by Willing to defend accused communists) had their The National Lawyers Guild (one of the few groups.Hoover created a division to carry out illegal.Them or of what exactly they were accused Many of the accused were never told who accused.Nearly doubled the number of FBI employees.Peak membership in 1942- 50,000 members.To get people to name names of other Communists. 1950 McCarthy claims the government and theĪrts (especially the motion picture industry) areįull of Communists and begins to conduct hearingsĪsking people, Are you a Communist and seeking.Julius and Ethel Rosenberg arrested and executedįor stealing atomic secrets for the Soviets.Klaus Fuch confessed to espionage while working.Alger Hiss, a member of the State Department,įound guilty of espionage (though only convicted.Mainland China (even though we were helping to Mao Zedongs Communist army gains control of.the Soviet Union tests an atomic bomb (earlier.The Motion Picture Association of America issued.Given jail sentences of six to 12 months each,īrecht having left the country the day after his Them that right and protection, the Ten were That the First Amendment of the Constitution gave German dramatist Bertolt Brechtwere charged withĬontempt of Congress for refusing to co-operate Nor shall be compelled in any criminal case toĬollectively as 'the Hollywood Ten', plus the Refused to cooperate, citing 5th amendment rights 10 of the first entertainment industry witnesses.The Communist Party of the United States? Have you now or have you ever been a member of Weeks Bentley identified more than 80 people she Investigation and offered to provide informationĪbout a Soviet spy ring. In 1945 Elizabeth Bentley, a former member of theĪmerican Communist Party, walked into the New.Producers, directors and writers were Communistsĭated back at least to 1940, when the thenĬhairman of (HUAC), Martin Dies, claimed thatĬommunists were in positions of influence in Allegations that film stars and leading.1938 began investigating communism in the Federal.Started by investigating the activities of.Became the most prominent and active government.House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) After WW II he participates actively in liberalĬauses that come under increasing suspicion as.Various leftist efforts to improve conditions in In the 1940s, Miller had become impressed by.His third play was Death of a Salesman.Which received the NY Drama Critics Circle Award, His second produced play was All My Sons (1947),.His first play wasnt very good (had only 4.After college, he worked in radio in NYC, writing.Pretty amazing, as he had only seen two plays in Playshis first play won an award, which is He works odd jobs to save up money to go to Never very studious in school up to this point,.Depression hits in 1929, which has a great impact.Later worked for his father, who attempted to.Worked at a bakery delivering rolls at 400am.Millers mother was forced to sell off her.The family business failed when he still at.Millers father was a successful womens clothing.Born in New York City to Jewish immigrants.
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