McCarthyism and The Crucible In the small Puritan town of Salem, a group of girls, including Abigail Williams and Tituba, go to the forest and dance. They are caught by the church minister, Reverend Parris. Parris’ daughter falls inert and the town fills with rumors of witchcraft. Abby tells the other girls that they must not admit to anything they did in the forest. After Abigail and Tituba are interrogated, Tituba finally confesses to communing with the devil and accuses many other townsfolk
soviet spies through out the country and people believe him. McCarthyism came into play. McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations without proper regard or evidence. Arthur Miller was a writer. One of his successful plays was "The Curcible". Which he wrote about the salem witch trials in regards to McCarthyism. He chose to write about the Salem Witch Trials in his efforts to criticize American Society during the time of McCarthyism and the Red Scare, because he wanted to show similarities they
Marcellus Benton Mrs.Minor English 3 26 September 2015 The Crucible: Religion and Politics The Crucible, a play written by Arthur Miller, was written in the early 1950s during a period after World War II where the American government became paranoid of the spread of communism from the Soviet Union. These political ties can be seen within The Crucible, where the community of Salem became paranoid of the spread of witchery and the effect that had on their community. Due to these hysterias the American
McCarthyism and The Crucible Communists are hidden in the government, and it is my job to weed them out. In Joseph McCarthy’s mind, this was his duty to track down communist and communist sympathizers. Throughout Wisconsin senator Joseph McCarthy’s career, he became widely known for his uncommon ideas of traitors planted in the Government. He went through great measures to discover the unfaithful and publicly trial those. Perhaps the biggest outcome was publicly naming ten people as communists in
The Crucible is a dramatic work by American playwright Arthur Miller. The play, first produced on Broadway in 1953, illustrates the story of the Salem witch trials of 1692-1693. Miller's tragic drama follows the protagonist John Proctor and his plight for justice amongst mass hysteria, which metaphorically examines the motivations and corruption of the McCarthy era in Miller's own time. McCarthyism was a time period during the 1950s in which, the practice
The transition from the conservative post-war 1950s era to the rebellious Counterculture movement of the 60s and 70s was one that lasted a mere 20 years. However, it might as well have been a lifetime. An average citizen during this period would have experienced the end of a World War, the beginning of the cold war, and the dawn of the nuclear age. This era is a reflection of the reactionary attitude of the American people in relation to the events around them including the McCarthy era anti-communist