Why am I being accused? McCarthyism had a profound effect upon the American society‚ much as the witch trials did upon the people of Salem‚ Massachusetts in the 1600’s recounted in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. The manner of the interrogations is extremely similar in both situations. In McCarthy’s interrogations‚ everyone is treated roughly in the same manner and accused wrongfully. Similarly in The Crucible‚ the accused are questioned repeatedly until they are broken. In Langston Hughes’ interrogation
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McCarthyism wasn’t just in Salem‚ Massachusetts. McCarthyism is found upon Joseph McCarthy; It’s when someone will make false allegations against someone else. He was the senator of Wisconsin‚ and he would accuse everyone of being a communist. This was going on during the Red Scare of 1919. People began to know that they couldn’t believe him because he began blaming many officials including some high ranked army soldiers. Many plays‚ books‚ and sonnets do not just have one thing tied into them
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McCarthyism in The Crucible In The Crucible‚ written by Arthur Miller‚ the madness of the Salem witch trials is explored in great detail. There is more to the play than the witch trials‚ though. The Crucible was composed during a time when a similar hysteria was sweeping through America. A virtually unkown senator by the name of Joseph McCarthy was propelled into infamy when while at a speaking engagement at thee Republican Women’s Club of Wheeling‚ West Virginia he charged 205 persons in the U.S
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McCarthyism vs. The Crucible Many tragic events in the history of our country have parallels with other tragic events. When an important event does happen in our county‚ writers find fuel for their writing in the details of the event. There are many similarities between the McCarthy Era and the play written by Arthur Miller‚ The Crucible. McCarthyism‚ or the time known as the McCarthy Era‚ dominated our country from 1950-1954. During this time‚ there were many hearings in which people
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America was hysterical over communism with McCarthyism everywhere. Author‚ Arthur Miller felt that the situation had many similarities to the Salem Witch Trials. In both the Salem Witch Trials and McCarthyism fear‚ hysteria‚ and danger were common. A type of evidence called “spectral evidence” was being used in both situations and Miller used his play‚ The Crucible‚ as an allegory for McCarthyism to tell one story with an even deeper meaning. McCarthyism and the Salem Witch trials relied on public
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It is common knowledge that Author Miller wrote The Crucible as a reaction to a tragic time in our countries history. The McCarthy hearings‚ as they came to be known‚ which dominated our country from 1950 to 1954‚ where hearings in which many‚ suspected of being related to communism‚ where interviewed and forced to give up names of others‚ or they where imprisoned‚ and their names were black listed. There are several parallels between the McCarthy Era‚ and the time of the Salem which trials. One
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Both “The Crucible” and McCarthyism are based on similar circumstances of people of high power who make accusations with no evidence to prove why a suspect should be punished for a certain crime‚ usually dealing with treason or a subversion crime. In addition‚ in the play called “The Crucible‚” created by a well-known American author‚ Arthur Miller‚ is based on the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693‚ where people were tried and hung if found guilty of the crime of witchcraft
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May 2014 McCarthyism and the Crucible Throughout history there have been many events that are direct parallels of each other. These parallels are evident in Joseph McCarthy’s‚ McCarthyism and in Arthur Miller’s‚ the Crucible. McCarthyism was the fear of communism that was created by the Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy. This was a time of fear after the Second World War in the years 1950 through 1954. McCarthy had conducted hearings accusing people who were suspected of being related to communism
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world destruction that existed in the McCarthy Era‚ was also clearly present in The Crucible with its deeply religious nature. American society during the McCarthy Era had a great fear of the Communists because they believed that the Communists wanted nuclear war‚ which meant the destruction of America and the rest of the world. On the other hand‚ communists did not yet exist in the time period that The Crucible took place in. Instead‚ the deeply religious nature of the theocratic town of Salem is
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There are many similarities and some differences between the issues and conditions in the play The Crucible and the issues and conditions faced by the United States during McCarthyism‚ but there are more similarities that are important than differences. One similarity would be that if you were a accused‚ in both situations‚ it would ruin your reputation. In both cases‚ you are guilty until proven innocent. Isn’t that unfair? Civilians were scared of communism like those in Salem were of witchcraft
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