The parallels between Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible, and his article Why I Wrote the Crucible, can easily support Miller's reasons for writing this classic piece. Miller's goal in writing both the play and the article was to highlight the similarities between the witch hunt of 1692 and the Red Scare of the 1950s. Miller simply wanted to convey the message of a fear of reason, s 'express in a new language, Old English, warn against mass hysteria and, above all, compare his life in the 1950s to the irrational trial of 1692. Miller's reasons are many, and although they are all stated flatly in his article, they are also clearly stated and understood in the piece. A major theme in both the article and the play is fear in the face of reason. Miller wrote his play to demonstrate cases where fear overcomes reason. In the article he states that "...its [The Crucible's] paranoid center still produces the same dark and attractive decline as in the fifties" (Miller 5). This warning is about the dangers of fear on reason, and the consequences that flow from it. In the novel, the fear of reason is manifested when Tituba confesses her witchcraft rather than be hanged. Tituba says, “No, no, don’t hang Tituba!” I tell him I have no desire to work for him, sir” (Miller 44). She confesses a lie and succumbs to the fear of being killed, and all reason escapes her. Miller's article also provides evidence that fear of reason drove Miller to write his play: "...it may simply be a fascination with the explosion of paranoia that permeates the play - the blind panic that, in our time, often seems to be the center of the room. the dark edges of consciousness” (Miller 5). Throughout the play, Miller suggests his theme of fear in the face of reason, and this is reiterated middle of paper......ely only to bring a bemused smile to the next" (Miller 1) . In the 1950s, witch hunting seemed unnatural and silly, but nowadays the Red Scare and the hunt for communists seem silly and unnecessary. A parallel to the play is where Miller states in his article, "The more I read about the Salem Panic, the more it triggered corresponding images of experiences common in the fifties" (Miller 4). It is also stated in the article that “it is natural to turn away for fear of being identified with the condemned.” However, as I learned from non-Jewish refugees, there was often a desperate pity mixed with a 'Well, they must have done something'" (Miller 4). This frightening period in American history when neighbors turned against them was documented in the book. When Rebecca Nurse is indicted and Elizabeth says it's outrageous, Hale responds, "Women can" (Miller 64).