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A 6 page paper which discusses the
similarities found in “The Crucible” and the McCarthy Trials. Bibliography lists 5
sources.
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6 pages (~225 words per page)
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was in response to the panic caused by irrational fear of Communism during the Cold War which ultimately resulted in the anti-Communist hearings by Senator Joseph McCarthy which started on
Feb. 3, 1953. In Millers tale,...a lovelorn teenager is spurned by the married man she loves, and in her revenge, she fans a whole community into a blood-lust frenzy" (Burns).
"The play, The Crucible, shows a community which ignites and burns with accusations of witchcraft, mass hysteria and retribution" (The Crucible: Introduction). Another author illustrates that, "The Crucible is set
against the backdrop of the mad witch hunts of the Salem witch trials in the late 17th century. It is about a town, after accusations from a few girls,
which begins a mad hunt for witches that did not exist" (The Crucible: Arthur Miller). In these respects we can see how the story is one that deals with the
fears that people have, the ignorant and overblown fears, in regards to forms of thought or the unknown. And, beneath all of those fears and confusions lays a society that
controls the people through religion and possible rejection in the society. The following paper examines the controlling society that was essentially ignorant and unforgiving, a society clearly reflected in the
society around the McCarthy trials. It should be understood that the information presented only reflects some of the possibilities when discussing the relationship between the society of the McCarthy trials
and the Crucible. It is only intended as suggestive to help the student come up with their own unique assessment of the relationship between the two. The Crucible
"The Crucible by Arthur Miller is an allegory to the McCarthy Trials of the 1950s and 1960s. Millers story is based on the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 because he
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