Similarities Between The Red Scare And The Crucible

The social and political climate had made the people worry about who was a communist or not. It puts fear into people's minds that people around you could be a communist. Arthur Miller had written the crucible as an analogy for McCarthyism because communism was comparable to the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Everywhere, people were falsely accused, trials were unfair, and many lives were ruined. During the Salem witch trials of 1692 and the Red Scare, innocent people were being falsely accused. As in the crucible and the Red Scare, people were being accused of witches/communist with little or no evidence at all. McCarthy had targeted certain people and groups claiming that they are part of the communist party. Miller had used this example in the crucible telling that the innocent and respected people in the community were claimed to be witches by another person. Abby had claimed that Mrs. Proctor had stabbed her in the stomach with a poppet, which was made by Mary Warren. In addition, Abby and the other girls have claimed that Mary Warren is sending out her spirit out to them. Miller is discussing that both of the red scare and

Numerous people were innocent and it had brought them to court to go to jail. Some people had their passports taken away, and some had lost their jobs. As well as from the red scare, in the Crucible, innocent people were thrown in jail for being a witch. “If Proctor testifies against, she will accuse him of adultery; therefore, it will ruin Mr. Proctor's reputation among the community.” Consequently, everyone in the community will think less of him. The parallel that Miller is drawing is that people's lives were ruined from the accusations that were being accused of them. When the lives were ruined by the allegations and people had an unfair