Similarities Between Miller And Mccarthyism In The Crucible

During the 1950’s the Red Scare was in full effect and with everyone questions who near them was a communist, the McCarthy trials occurred. These were a series of hearings held to decide on conflicting accusations between the U.S. Government and Senator Joseph McCarthy. He accused multiple members of the army of being secret communists, this how ever spread out as civilians began to accuse their own neighbors of being communists. These trials would eventually become known as the witch hunt for communists. Just as the Salem witch trials were not believed by everyone, neither were the accusations made by the senator. Two significant opponents of the hunt for secret communists that would become known as McCarthyism were Herbert Block, a cartoonist, and Arthur Miller, a significant figure in Hollywood. Though they took different routes they both conveyed similar messages about

Looking at the aforementioned cartoon, We Now Have New and Important Evidence by Block, it is not hard for many to see the significant similarities of it to the tones Miller’s work. Both pieces show hat when people are desperate they will take evidence from almost anywhere. In these cases it would be the suited man taking the freshly handmade fence from the other two men , and using it as evidence against someone even though it’s origins are questionable. As well as in the Crucible when not only the towns people but the judge of the court of law takes the words of children whose motives are questionable with the highest regard for them and uses those words as the main basis for deciding if a supposed with would live of die. Both works tell that during the McCarthy trials that those prosecuting were so desperate for evidence that they would take almost anything to decide the fates of people 's lively hood, and or lives