Part one of term paper
“The play was inspired by Miller's belief that the hysteria surrounding the witchcraft trials paralleled the contemporary political climate of McCarthysim.” McCarthysim is Senator Joseph McCarthy's obsessive quest to uncover a communist infiltration of American institutions. Communism is a theory of social change advocating a classless s ...

Part two of term paper
... the man of the house works, and tends to the household chores. In the play, all the women are housewives but some worked harder than others did. For example, Mrs. Proctor a common house wife says “ Pray God. It hurt my heart to skin her, poor rabbit.” She gone out in the woods all by herself to catch dinner. The man of the house expects dinner on the table when they get home. This is an example of a common communistic society. Through out the whole play, women are being accused of witchc ...