The Crucible and McCarthyism

Title: The Crucible and McCarthyism
Category: Literature / Novels
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The Crucible and McCarthyism

Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible exploits the mass hysteria taken place during the Salem witch trials – the mass hysteria that caused people to turn against one another, making false claims of associating with the Devil, killing innocent babies, and practicing witchcraft. However, that isn’t the only theme portrayed in the book. The plot of the Salem witch trials is also linked to McCarthyism. The Crucible takes place in Salem, Massachusetts in the spring …showed first 75 words of 992 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 992 total…decency. As a result, McCarthy conducted an investigation on Welch which ended with a vicious public attack on him and self-destruction for McCarthy. The hearings ended. The Senate voted 67-22 on Dec. 2, 1954 to condemn McCarthy for ‘conduct contrary to senatorial traditions’ for abuse of his powers.” (http://www.heroism.org/class/1950/heroes/mccarthy.htm) In conclusion, although many think The Crucible strictly involves the Salem witch trials of 1692, it clearly has much more than just that.

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