“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 society. In a classless society there is chaos. In the following we will discuss how Miller's political views and experiences effected his position on gender and class in the crucible. In a communist socie ....