Imagine one day everything was lost. Jobs, reputation, friends, life as it is, gone. The unbelievably true Salem Witchcraft Trials is an allegory to the Red Scare in many ways. An allegory is a story that helps to better understand an event with a deeper meaning. The Salem Witchcraft trials took place in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. Word started going around that witches were making people do some odd things. People started getting accused of a crime they didn’t commit. They could admit to being a witch and live, or refuse to admit and be hung. The best representation of the Salem Witchcraft Trials is the play called The Crucible, by Arthur Miller. The Red Scare on the other hand, was about the Cold War. During this time the fear of nuclear war was high and the communist party was despised more than ever. All because one man, Joseph McCarthy, made practically nothing into something. He took people 's fear of communism and ran with it. He used it to help himself in his next election for Senate. The Crucible is an allegory for the Red Scare because of the use of false accusations, fear, personal gain, and punishments.
False accusations was one of the biggest topics in both events. “I saw Goody Hawkins with the Devil!” (Miller 1235). A line from Abigail, the ringleader of the accusers, claiming that she saw someone else with the Devil. Abigail never actually saw the Devil, meaning she did not …show more content…
The fact that both events happened is proof that history does repeat itself. It is important that people are educated about our past in order to avoid repeats of events like this ever again. Had people during the Red Scare realized what happened during the Salem Witchcraft Trials, they may have noticed the lack of evidence McCarthy used. The reputations, jobs, friends and life as millions of people knew it would have been
False accusations was one of the biggest topics in both events. “I saw Goody Hawkins with the Devil!” (Miller 1235). A line from Abigail, the ringleader of the accusers, claiming that she saw someone else with the Devil. Abigail never actually saw the Devil, meaning she did not …show more content…
The fact that both events happened is proof that history does repeat itself. It is important that people are educated about our past in order to avoid repeats of events like this ever again. Had people during the Red Scare realized what happened during the Salem Witchcraft Trials, they may have noticed the lack of evidence McCarthy used. The reputations, jobs, friends and life as millions of people knew it would have been