How Does Arthur Miller Present Mccarthyism In The Crucible

McCarthyism and The Crucible Comparison (Act III and IV) After finishing The Crucible, it is certain to believe why Arthur Miller, who was one of the people blacklisted, wrote this novel in response to the McCarthyism. In the Act III of the Crucible, Miller subliminally incorporate events during the times of McCarthyism into his book. One notable example is when he writes how John Proctor is trying to overthrow the court in Salem in response to witchcraft. Procor provides new evidence such as a testament that state that Rebecca Nurse and Martha Corey are good wholesome people based on ninety one people’s signatures. This scene is an allegory to the Alien Registration Acts against the American Communist Party as it made it illegal for people to overthrow the government, similarly to what Proctor is trying to do for the innocence of the convicted.

One example, is when Mary Warren is well into her testimony, and Abigail including the other girls say that Mary Warren bewitched them and soon Marry follows suit and pleads with them. This represents how McCarthy and his committee claimed that 205 people were communists as they labeled them being fascists, alcoholics, and sexual deviants. Abigail and McCarthy both the rightful head leaders of their group, have found ways to manipulate, persuade, and deceive the general public into believing that anyone could be affiliated with either communism or witchcraft. All the claims they made have no evidence at all which allowed them to accuse anyone due to their