Joseph Mccarthy Trials In The Crucible

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In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, which details the Salem witch trials, Abigail has an affair with John Proctor, and then tries to kill his wife with a charm. This leads to her being thought a witch, but they point fingers at others to keep the spotlight off of them. Eventually many people are hung for witchcraft because Abigail and her friends will not tell the truth of what happened the night they were dancing. During the McCarthy trials, the Cold War was currently going on, and the public was getting anxious about the recent findings that Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were found guilty of being communist spies. Joseph McCarthy used this to get power by convicting others of Communism in his trials. McCarthy and the witch trials is a classic example of history repeating itself, when there is no way to prove yourself innocent of an invisible crime. The first part of important information to know is that, in The Crucible, Abigail Williams has an affair with John Proctor, a married man. When his wife, Goody Proctor, found out of this affair, she casted …show more content…

In The Crucible, Mary Warren tried to come out to tell the truth to the judge, but she was not able to go through with it because the other girls were beginning to accuse her of witchcraft herself. In order to convince Danforth otherwise, Abigail states, “ I have been hurt, Mister Danforth; I have seen my blood runnin‘ out! I have been near to murdered every day because I done my duty pointing out the Devil‘s people—and this is my reward? To be mistrusted, denied, questioned like a… Let you beware, Mister Danforth—think you to be so mighty that the power of Hell may not turn your wits?!— beware of it!” (Miller, Act 2 Scene 2). In the McCarthy hearings, many of the accused had little or no evidence against them, and a lot of evidence that would defend them, but that didn’t help during the

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