Miller’s representation of conflict as a human experience is a powerful technique as it positions the audience to see the value of individuality, and encourages responders to value their innate capacity for individuals agency with the rejection of political apathy. Miller represents conflict as something that is conducted by individuals to maintain reputation and gain power in a theocratic society of Salem by spreading out mass hysteria. Arthur Miller’s allegorical play The Crucible (1953) draws chilling parallels between the destructive nature of fear from McCarthyism in the 1950s America and the mass hysteria of the 16th century Salem Witch Trials, exposing conflicting ideologies through the manipulation of ungrounded fear within a threatened community. The representation of conflict between individuals within society as a human experience is a powerful technique used by playwrights to engage audiences, by offering a new perspective on the dangers of corrupt political systems encouraging responders to take action against corruption.
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