“I am a witch hunter if the witches are Communists…”Actor Adolphe Menjou declared during an investigation on Hollywood workers. Looking at the events that take place during the playwright The Crucible, we see many similarities between this fictional story and the “Red Scare” that took place in the 1950s. There are many parallels between the story in The Crucible and the real live events of the “Red Scare.”
The “Red Scare of the 1950s” has often been considered to have quite a lot of resemblance to the “Salem Witch Trials” that took place in Massachusetts. We can see this resemblance directly after WWII leading up to the “Cold Wars”. People were fearful of communists, because they feared that they would be lead them to another war. Russia, a communist country, had obtained information on the nuclear bomb from …show more content…
In the story The Crucible, the character Mary Warren gives in the fear when she is being accused by Abigail and the other girls. Mary Warren is one of the many examples in the playwright The Crucible of people who caved into their fear. Similarly, the “Red Scare” had many examples of fear leading to hysteria. One such example is on October 20, 2015, when actors, actresses, writers, and directors from Hollywood were brought in the court and were questioned about communism. Many people believed that there were productions in Hollywood that were pro-communist, which made many people believe that there were communists in Hollywood. The people brought in from Hollywood were questioned, and pressured to turn in anyone they thought was a communist. As a result, many people were blacklisted and banned from working; consequently, without a job people couldn’t support themselves. Just like in The Crucible, many people were compelled by fear that ultimately led to many people's suffering and brought, on many cases, public
The “Red Scare of the 1950s” has often been considered to have quite a lot of resemblance to the “Salem Witch Trials” that took place in Massachusetts. We can see this resemblance directly after WWII leading up to the “Cold Wars”. People were fearful of communists, because they feared that they would be lead them to another war. Russia, a communist country, had obtained information on the nuclear bomb from …show more content…
In the story The Crucible, the character Mary Warren gives in the fear when she is being accused by Abigail and the other girls. Mary Warren is one of the many examples in the playwright The Crucible of people who caved into their fear. Similarly, the “Red Scare” had many examples of fear leading to hysteria. One such example is on October 20, 2015, when actors, actresses, writers, and directors from Hollywood were brought in the court and were questioned about communism. Many people believed that there were productions in Hollywood that were pro-communist, which made many people believe that there were communists in Hollywood. The people brought in from Hollywood were questioned, and pressured to turn in anyone they thought was a communist. As a result, many people were blacklisted and banned from working; consequently, without a job people couldn’t support themselves. Just like in The Crucible, many people were compelled by fear that ultimately led to many people's suffering and brought, on many cases, public