ARTHUR MILLER'S THE CRUCIBLE

ARTHUR MILLER

Arthur Miller (October 17, 1915 - February 10, 2005) was an American playwright. His best known plays are All My Sons, Death of a Salesman and The Crucible. He also wrote for the movie The Misfits while he was married to Marilyn Monroe. She acted in this movie. Marilyn died one year after their divorce.

Arthur Miller's family was a rich family from New York. During the Great Depression in the 1930s, the family lost all their money. Because Miller wanted to go to university, he had to work in a warehouse. He studied economics and history at the University of Michigan, and also learnt how to write plays.

THE CRUCIBLE

In this play, Miller wrote about the ideas of fear and false accusations. Many people were afraid of communism.

COLD WAR

The Cold War was the tense relationship between the United States and the Ussr during 46 years period following the World War II's end, but before the end of the USSR.