"The Witches of Salem", Arthur Miller (1953) - allusions to McCarthyism

Abstract

Arthur Miller, in 1953, wrote 'The Crucible' which recounts the puritan trials and alludes to McCarthyism, by the same process that had been used by George Orwell with his 'Animal Farm'; denouncing a political issue by writing a similar story to avoid censorship. Raymond Rouleau directed a movie from Miller's work in 1956. How could a person manipulate others and create a general terror to gain personal benefits? How suspicion could become paranoia and create a vicious circle where people are killed?