McCarthyism and the Crucible Imagine living during a time period full of widespread paranoia, where a job that you had worked so hard for all of your life was taken away from you in the blink of an eye. The constant fear of being accused of being a communist based off the opinion of another, and having no say in whether their claim is true or not. A time where your basic rights as a free man come out of question and your back is always against the wall. The fear of communism spread across America in the 1950s, and this time period ruined the lives of all in its path. This movement took the name from the anti-communist leader who was known as John McCarthy, and it was known as the Red Scare. All of what was unjust, a playwright named Author
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As stated “John Proctor had to lie in order to stay alive during the time being, much like how people during the Red Scare had to lie in order to protect themselves from persecution.” (cruciblewebsite.weebly.com) However, lying was far much worse for puritans in Salem. They believed if they did so they would go to Hell and would be committing one of the worst sins. Despite this, some people had no other choice, and when their lives were on the line, simply lying could only get them so far, and many would still end up being persecuted. Meanwhile, government workers and Network workers often never lied and really were not communists despite what was being said about them. Except in the film “Good Night and Good Luck” one of the restrictions was that you were not allowed to marry someone you work with, and a couple had to act as if they barely knew each other at CBS; taking off wedding rings and then going back home expressing their love for each other like nothing changed. The wife Shirley Weershba says to her husband “Name me another wife who reminds her husband to take off his wedding ring *before* he goes to the office.” (Clooney “Good Night and Good Luck”) But the whole time they were unaware that everyone already knew they were married and were called down to the office to be
As stated “John Proctor had to lie in order to stay alive during the time being, much like how people during the Red Scare had to lie in order to protect themselves from persecution.” (cruciblewebsite.weebly.com) However, lying was far much worse for puritans in Salem. They believed if they did so they would go to Hell and would be committing one of the worst sins. Despite this, some people had no other choice, and when their lives were on the line, simply lying could only get them so far, and many would still end up being persecuted. Meanwhile, government workers and Network workers often never lied and really were not communists despite what was being said about them. Except in the film “Good Night and Good Luck” one of the restrictions was that you were not allowed to marry someone you work with, and a couple had to act as if they barely knew each other at CBS; taking off wedding rings and then going back home expressing their love for each other like nothing changed. The wife Shirley Weershba says to her husband “Name me another wife who reminds her husband to take off his wedding ring *before* he goes to the office.” (Clooney “Good Night and Good Luck”) But the whole time they were unaware that everyone already knew they were married and were called down to the office to be