The Salem Witch Trials and the 1950’s Red Scare are easily relatable considering that the two events killed several innocent lives, when that individual did nothing wrong. The community around has always been a place where secrets and grudges are held against someone. During the Salem Witch Trials, according to Arthur Miller’s play “The Crucible” and the Red Scare, it focused on how much power a character could have, and that one character also can lead to convincing the community to be with them or against their personal thoughts.
Furthermore, the power that is lead to one's head could destroy the thoughts of other about yourself as an individual. During the Salem Witch Trials the power is shown by the government standing up for the one’s that blame
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In the midst of The Salem Witch Trials, the people around would either try and help the court find people that performed witchcraft, if not others assumed you were a witch. “You must understand, sir, that a person is either with this court or he must be counted against it, there be no road between.” (Danforth Act III, The Crucible) The quote ties into the text because if somebody is not with the court, they will be thought of as doing witchcraft. The Red Scare explains how if you were not a capitalist of America then, you would be thought of a communist, and you were blacklisted. If you were blacklisted your life was ruined because you couldn’t get a job or have any friends. “Blacklisting means putting people on a list of suspected communists. It meant their professional reputation was destroyed, and that no one would hire them for fear of being thought of a communist.” (Paragraph 6, The Red Scare: McCarthyism) People feared being blacklisted because everybody would hate them and it just ruined their lives, just like how in the Salem Witch Trials if you weren't with the court you would be thought of as a witch and the people would hate