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    The Red Scare and “The Crucible” At the time when “The Crucible” was written‚ the United States and Russia were going through the Red Scare which was a major influence when Miller was writing this play. Miller’s tactic in writing this play was to remind people of how the hysteria of the witch hunts could be dangerously similar to the communist hunts going on in the United States at the time. Using the history from the Salem Witch Trials‚ he wrote a story that was sure to educate people about the

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    1950‚ in Wheeling‚ West Virginia. In this speech‚ McCarthy addressed that he had a government document listing over two hundred communists who were currently serving in the U.S. Government and military. This serious accusation thus launched the Red Scare in the United States. Arthur Miller alludes to this historical event in his

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    The Crucible In Relation To The Red Scare. During the 1940’s and 1950’s there was mass hysteria that broke out in the United States. The “Red Scare” was a large scale panic across the United States Of America. This was during the cold war‚ at this time the U.S. was worried about communists and espionage due to that we had caught Russian spies across the U.S. “The Crucible” has a similar plot line to the “Red scare”‚ due to how mass hysteria is spread so quickly over false accusations. In “The Crucible”

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    Miller’s “The Crucible” effectively demonstrate the concept of what was going on the Red Scare? That is the question I am going to answer in this essay. I believe Arthur Miller draws these parallels perfectly. The Salem witch trials are the same thing as the Red Scare ‚ just in a different time period. This essay is going to draw the parallels to demonstrate how my above statement is correct. The first type of parallelism i saw in the comparison of The crucible and the Red Scare was how they

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    The Crucible shows the similarities between the Salem witch trials and the Red Scare‚ the fear of communism.The red scare led to many people fearing every one else‚ thinking they were communist. In Salem witch trials‚ witchcraft is haunting the village. During the McCarthy era‚ freedom was a very important aspect in life‚ as was religion a very important aspect of life during the Salem witch trials. The Crucible was a play made to symbolize McCarthyism in the 1950’s In the beginning of The Crucible

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    paranoia had caused‚ among many other things‚ what would be known as the Red Scare (****). The Red Scare was the label given to the actions of legislation‚ the race riots‚ and the hatred and persecution of "subversives" and conscientious objectors during that period of time. The purpose of this research is to explore the threat that plagued the United States in its’ time of great panic and anxiety‚ during the “first” Red Scare which lasted between 1919 to 1921. This powerful threat turned out to be

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    The Red Scare (Diary Entry) To whoever may survive to read this… I lay here in Down Town Kansas City using my last bit of energy to write these details. A little over 72 hours ago‚ Angry Kansas City Chiefs fans formed a huge riot taking over the city. The mass riot resulted from their hometown team securing its first winless season in franchise history. Angry fans took to the streets after the devastating home loss to the Oakland Raiders. Soon as the game ended Chiefs Quarterback Catt Massel

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    Red Scare Created McCarthyism Fear. Fear is an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous‚ likely to cause pain‚ or a threat. Fear is a chain reaction in the brain that causes stressful stimulus‚ causing the release of chemicals. This is what makes your heart race‚ fast heavy breathing‚ and energized or tense muscles. Fear can be the chain reaction through your own body and through your peers. In the 1950’s‚ after World War Two‚ there was the nationwide fear called the Red Scare

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    During the start of the 1920’s‚ Americans went through a time period called the Red Scare. “Red Scare” refers to the nationwide fear of communnists‚ socialists‚ and anarchists conspiring to start a worker’s revolution. The Bolshevik Russian Revolution‚ which was when the Bolsheviks toppled the Russian monarchy and the communist Bolsheviks took over with their leader‚ Vladimir Lenin‚ was one of the main causes.This revolution lead to fear that immigrants‚ especially from Russia‚southern Europe‚ and

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    and services essential for survival. What is a general strike? Pg.577 A general strike is a strike involving all the workers in a particular geographic location. What is the Red Scare? Pg.579 The Red Scare is the promotion of fear of a potential rise of communism or radical leftism. In the United States‚ the First Red Scare was about socialist worker revolution and political radicalism. Who was J. Edgar Hoover? Pg.580 John Edgar Hoover was the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

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