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Arthur Miller and the HUAC
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Arthur Miller and the HUAC
Miller and the HUAC
HUAC = House Un-Americal Activities Commitee
- committee of the U.S. House of Representatives
- investigated allegations of communist activity in the U.S. during the early years of the Cold War
Why came Miller under the committees scrutiny?
- He helped a Communist-Front group
- He testified that he had attended Communist party writers four or five times
- But denied ever being under"communist discipline"
- He wrote "The Crucible" (anti-McCarthy metaphorical play)
- summoned by HUAC in 1956
- agreed to testify after receiving a promise from Francis E. Walter (HUAC chairman) that he would not have to name names of his colleagues
- at the hearing, Walter reneged on his promise
- Miller refused to name others: "My conscience will not permit me to use the name of another person and bring trouble to him. I answered fully all questions regarding myself and asked only that I not be forced to name other people whom I believe to be innocent of wrongdoing."
- a fine about 500$ or 30 days in jail, blacklisted from work and denied a passport.
Sources
Miller and politics
- http://www.biography.com/people/arthur-miller-9408335
- https://prezi.com/m/okembojxxjf_/arthur-miller-politics-purpose-of-writing/
- http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/theater-and-dance/87828/party-line
- https://prezi.com/m/mgca19lqirxs/arthur-miller-and-the-huac/
- anti-fascist and communist activities in the 1940s and 1950s
- jewish faith
- liberal political views
- inequalities in labor and race
- believed the hunt for communists did more harm than good
- had many friends accused of being communist
The crucible & McCarthyism
- The Crucible = a dramatization of Salem witch trials, an allegory about McCarthyism
- Miller critizises the pursuit methods of the politician Joseph McCarthy
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