The Crucible by Arthur Miller is an allegory for the Red Scare in the McCarthy Era because everyone accuses, some people refuse to accuse even if accused, and abuse of power. All of these statements relate The Crucible to the McCarthy Era. Imagine if the only way to save yourself was to sell out an innocent person, would you do it? Many people were forced to do this during the McCarthy Era because he accused so many innocent people and the only way to get rid of the false accusement was to rat out suspected American Communists. The same situation happened in The Crucible by Arthur Miller, suspected witches in Salem got accused and when they were tried in court they claimed other girls bewitched them and that the girl/girls that bewitched them told the devil to talk to the girls who were being tried in court.
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A quote supporting this was when Abigail in The Crucible said “I saw Sarah Good with the Devil! I saw Goody Osburn with the Devil! I saw Bridget Bishop with the Devil!”. Although most people accused other people to save themselves, some people such as Mr. Putnam refused to sell out an innocent person just to save themselves, Mr. Putnam said “I have three children--how may I teach them to walk like men in the world, and I sold out my friends?”. People did this in the McCarthy Era such as the military personnel who were
A quote supporting this was when Abigail in The Crucible said “I saw Sarah Good with the Devil! I saw Goody Osburn with the Devil! I saw Bridget Bishop with the Devil!”. Although most people accused other people to save themselves, some people such as Mr. Putnam refused to sell out an innocent person just to save themselves, Mr. Putnam said “I have three children--how may I teach them to walk like men in the world, and I sold out my friends?”. People did this in the McCarthy Era such as the military personnel who were