War Era

This video lesson is part one of a series on the background, context, literary elements, and characters of Arthur Miller's The Crucible. This lesson covers more of the historical and contextual elements than the literary elements. In this lesson the context and allegorical dimensions of the play. The two contexts of the play, historical context that Arthur Miller looks at for inspiration.

This video lesson is part two of a series on the background, context, literary elements, and characters of Arthur Miller's The Crucible. This lesson covers more of the literary aspects than the historical and contextual elements. This lesson connects the contextual and allegorical parts of the play to the background. The video gives a brief overview of the dramatis personae.