The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, exemplifies the atrocities committed by society during the Salem Witch Trials. As time went on, history repeated as the McCarthy Trials, which exhibited injustice due to instigated fear of Communism in society; demonstrating how helpless people can be in those eras of panic.
At the time of the Salem witch trial, people in Salem considered themselves as the important ones who spread religious thoughts in the community. However, they believed that the devil was everywhere around them to prevented them from spreading their thoughts. And the forests, where they thought the home of the devil, were assumed to be the darkest parts in the town. As a result of the fear of devil and forests, the girls who were found dancing in the forest were afraid of being blamed and punished by …show more content…
Similar to the fear in Salem, the growing Soviet power, rapidly spreading ideas of Communism, and the invention of atomic bonds created the “Red Fear” in the American society. The U.S. Senator, Joseph McCarthy, acted like the Salem girls, exploited people’s fear of the Communism and accused innocent people who disagreed with his methods as “traitorous communists” or even spies of the Soviet Union without any evidence. For instance, Edward Murrow, a journalist of CBS Television, stood out to oppose McCarthy. After that, McCarthy irrationally accused him as a communist. In addition, McCarthy desired more power in the society. Since he was the first man who stood out and accused others, people thought that he was the right man to follow, which brought him “reputation” among people. The innocent people during the McCarthy era, resembling those in the Salem Witch Trial, were assumed guilty the time they were accused and had no ways to prove their innocence. If they refused to “work” with the judges by naming others, their names were blackened and their families’ lives were
At the time of the Salem witch trial, people in Salem considered themselves as the important ones who spread religious thoughts in the community. However, they believed that the devil was everywhere around them to prevented them from spreading their thoughts. And the forests, where they thought the home of the devil, were assumed to be the darkest parts in the town. As a result of the fear of devil and forests, the girls who were found dancing in the forest were afraid of being blamed and punished by …show more content…
Similar to the fear in Salem, the growing Soviet power, rapidly spreading ideas of Communism, and the invention of atomic bonds created the “Red Fear” in the American society. The U.S. Senator, Joseph McCarthy, acted like the Salem girls, exploited people’s fear of the Communism and accused innocent people who disagreed with his methods as “traitorous communists” or even spies of the Soviet Union without any evidence. For instance, Edward Murrow, a journalist of CBS Television, stood out to oppose McCarthy. After that, McCarthy irrationally accused him as a communist. In addition, McCarthy desired more power in the society. Since he was the first man who stood out and accused others, people thought that he was the right man to follow, which brought him “reputation” among people. The innocent people during the McCarthy era, resembling those in the Salem Witch Trial, were assumed guilty the time they were accused and had no ways to prove their innocence. If they refused to “work” with the judges by naming others, their names were blackened and their families’ lives were