The Crucible and Death of a Salesman: Search For Happiness Commonly, authors tend to write pieces of literature with themes of search for happiness. The way in which they go about attaining that happiness often determines whether or not their goal will be achieved. In two works of lierature, The Crucible and Death of a Salesman, both by Arthur Miller, the theme lies along the lines of the main characters search for happiness. However, the way that the two main characters work on achieving their goal varies greatly. In the novel The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, the focus on the search for happiness deals