The Crucible Vs Mccarthy

Miller’s Reasoning on Writing the Crucible Both The Crucible and the McCarthy era were similar because Miller used the Salem Witch Trials of the Crucible to parallel what occurred during the McCarthy era. Miller was one of several writers that were blacklisted during the McCarthy time so he experienced being wrongfully accused of something, and he had no way to overcome the accusations. Miller wrote the Crucible to indirectly describe the events that were happening in the 1950’s, by showing the abusive power of certain individuals, the effect of the power, and the fear of people in the community. The girls in the Crucible and McCarthy had an enormous amount of power. They wrongly accused people and their power increased as they created fear and paranoia in people throughout the towns. In the Crucible, the girls would blame citizens of being a witch that they disliked. McCarthy operated in the same manner and he accused people of
The girls had other people’s lives in their own hands, where McCarthy’s consequences were loosing your job, and your reputation in the community. The article which compared The Crucible and McCarthy stated, “Those who were assumed guilty, put on trial, and expected to divulge the names of the other communist sympathizers. Failure to do so led to sanctions.” Which shows that the people that were assumed guilty lost their reputations and jobs. Although the people in the McCarthy era did not have the punishment of death, Miller compared them because it showed the power and injustice of what was taking place during those times. During the McCarty era the community suffered because there were people who lost their jobs and they were ruined both professionally and socially. In the Crucible, the community suffered as well because there were animals running loose, children that had lost their parents, and crops were rotting in the