McCarthyism in The Crucible and Salem Witch Trials The play, The Crucible, and the real Salem Witch Trials are not much different than McCarthyism because greed, hatred, and power motivated accusers. In The Crucible Arthur Miller uses the Salem Witch Trials to portray the horrors of McCarthyism. The political cartoon about McCarthyism explains how only accusations and rumors were used as evidence to condemn the suspected communist. The McCarthy Hearings and The House Committee on Un-American Activist (HUAC) both had to do with communist. The House Committee on Un-American Activist (HUAC) was ran by a special committee member named Martin Dies. HUAC was established in 1938 for the purpose of exposing communist (“HUAC”).The House Un-American
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When accused and wanted to live there was no other choice then to admit that the people who were accused were involved with witchcraft. If the accused failed to admit they had anything to do with witchcraft the people who were accused were hung. In some cases the accused would be drowned to death in order to prove if those who were thrown in a body of water were a witch or a mortal; those who were thrown in water somehow escaped then they were labeled as a witch and hung for escaping with unnatural causes. Once put on trial for being accused for witchery, the council would expect a confession for being a witch, also the council would have those who were accused tell them the others who were involved. In some cases there were promised advantages or pardons for telling them (Arthur Miller Publishes The Crucible : 1952.). In The Crucible Abigail Williams admitted that she was bewitched by Tituba, Abigail Williams claimed that Tituba would bewitch her into dancing, and laughing during prayer. Abigail Williams first accused two citizens in Salem, Abigail then claims that she danced for the devil also signed her name in his book (Miller Pg.48). “Abigail: I want to open myself! I want the light of God, I want the sweet love of Jesus! I danced for the Devil; I saw him; I wrote in his book; I go back to Jesus; I kiss His hand. I saw Sarah Good with the Devil! I saw Bridget Bishop with the Devil!". Also stated in the The …show more content…
In both The Crucible and Salem Witch Trials, both involved an accuser and the accused both included some of the same victims but slight differences involving their life stories. With little evidence in both cases people to realize all they needed was to make up a false claim, hallucination, or dream of someone they wanted to accuse. By doing so this usually involved them gaining some sort of power or piece of property they wanted. In some cases if they did not like someone they would accuse them over hatred for committing witchery. The difference between The Crucible and Salem Witch Trials would be the accusations. In both The Salem Witch Trials and The Crucible one major difference is Tituba 's confession. Tituba claimed she indeed committed witchery but in The Crucible she however claimed she did not commit witchery (Salem Witch
When accused and wanted to live there was no other choice then to admit that the people who were accused were involved with witchcraft. If the accused failed to admit they had anything to do with witchcraft the people who were accused were hung. In some cases the accused would be drowned to death in order to prove if those who were thrown in a body of water were a witch or a mortal; those who were thrown in water somehow escaped then they were labeled as a witch and hung for escaping with unnatural causes. Once put on trial for being accused for witchery, the council would expect a confession for being a witch, also the council would have those who were accused tell them the others who were involved. In some cases there were promised advantages or pardons for telling them (Arthur Miller Publishes The Crucible : 1952.). In The Crucible Abigail Williams admitted that she was bewitched by Tituba, Abigail Williams claimed that Tituba would bewitch her into dancing, and laughing during prayer. Abigail Williams first accused two citizens in Salem, Abigail then claims that she danced for the devil also signed her name in his book (Miller Pg.48). “Abigail: I want to open myself! I want the light of God, I want the sweet love of Jesus! I danced for the Devil; I saw him; I wrote in his book; I go back to Jesus; I kiss His hand. I saw Sarah Good with the Devil! I saw Bridget Bishop with the Devil!". Also stated in the The …show more content…
In both The Crucible and Salem Witch Trials, both involved an accuser and the accused both included some of the same victims but slight differences involving their life stories. With little evidence in both cases people to realize all they needed was to make up a false claim, hallucination, or dream of someone they wanted to accuse. By doing so this usually involved them gaining some sort of power or piece of property they wanted. In some cases if they did not like someone they would accuse them over hatred for committing witchery. The difference between The Crucible and Salem Witch Trials would be the accusations. In both The Salem Witch Trials and The Crucible one major difference is Tituba 's confession. Tituba claimed she indeed committed witchery but in The Crucible she however claimed she did not commit witchery (Salem Witch