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John Proctor"s Resistance against Mass Hysteria

&nbsp;&nbsp;In the early 1950&quot;s so-called McCarthyism created a stir in the political and social worlds. As an intellectual, Arthur Miller stood at the forefront of opposition to McCarthyism, which ignored the basic rights of the people and was unsparing in creating great mistrust between friends and associates. The location of this play is the witch-hunts and trials of Salem, Massachusetts in 1692, which left a great blemish on the history of America&quot;s colonial period. The main character of The Crucible is a 30 year-old independent farmer named John Proctor, a robust man typical of the frontier, having an incorruptible, and strongly independent personality. Throughout the witch-trials, he remains firm in his convictions, and in the end chooses death, leaving behind his pregnant wife and children.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;In the end, John Proctor realized his dignity as a man having endured much torment and painful skepticism, and through death he protects the truth. He discovers a touch of goodness hidden within himself just before his death, and we feel the human dignity which fills the conviction he has of himself as we watch the dignified face of John Proctor marching off to the gallows. Even though The Crucible intends to portray the discord between people&quot;s selves and their actions in extreme situations, not only the societal&nbsp;&nbsp;of Salem or American society ruled by McCarthyism, but also inhumane societal conditions in which the determination of humans is demanded can be the background for this play.