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A 4 page essay that contrasts and compares plays by Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller. The writer argues that while Miller's plays had a broader thematic scope (e.g. The Crucible is applicable to the McCarthy era), Williams' The Glass Menagerie is still a "mature" drama, as it offers insight into human relationships. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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sexual conflict, and the individual psychosis. In other words, Miller is pictured as playwright whose work has broad implications that go beyond the implications in his plays for personal human
relationships, suggesting themes that are relevant to society at-large. A play by Miller that exemplifies this quality is The Crucible, which not only reflects the injustice of the witch hunts
in Salem in the seventeenth century, but also injustice at the time of the plays initial production in the 1950s. Contrasting Millers work with that of noted playwright Tennessee
Williams highlights the broad thematic scope that Millers work encompasses, as Williams is primarily concerned with simply human relationships and their ramifications for the individual. However, as Williams play
The Glass Menagerie illustrates, a play that does not have broad societal context, can still be very informative and "mature" in that it conveys insight into the dynamics of human
relationships. In The Crucible, Miller presents the facts behind the Salem witches trails, but he does so in such a way that the crux of the matter is shown
to be not religious in nature, but rather revolving around whether or not citizens owe the authority of the state unquestioning obedience. While the historical context of the play is
clearly tied to Puritan religious practice, it nevertheless also has a political dimension that was particularly apt to the era in which the play was produced, that is, when the
"witch hunts" of Senator Joe McCarthy were busily searching America for "communists" in all walks of life. The protagonist of the play is John Proctor. While Proctor is not
a saint--the plot hinges on his alleged infidelity-- his self-sacrifice in regards to his family provides an inspiring demonstration of love in the face of unreasonable and unrelenting authoritarianism. The
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