simultaneously we are able to make many comparisons and enable numerous similarities. It is then obvious that in ? The Crucible ? Arthur Miller tries to create a sort of analogy linking the events to outline the stupidities of these cases and the foolishness in which simple humans participated.

One of the many resemblance's that can be clearly seen is the way in which each of the events, McCarthyism and the Salem witch hunts, could ruin a persons life through a simple accusation. An example of this is very evident in The Crucible. The character John Proctor is accused of taking part in witchcraft. When the time to confess comes, he knows that confessing will save his physical life, but at the same time it will ruin his reputation. He said: "Why must it be written? ? Why must I say it?". Proctor knows that his confession will be posted publicly onto the church wall. This is why he ends up tearing the confessions. If this was seen by anyone in the c

ommunity John Proctor's reputation would be altered so much that he could no longer show himself in Salem. He therefore chooses death over public humiliation. This can be seen in the era of McCarthyism. If some persons were accused by Senator Joseph McCarthy of being communists, their lives were ruined. This process became known as ?blacklisting? . President Truman once said: "Character assassination is their stock in trade." This shows how those accused of communism had their lives changed forever. Whether it is an accusation of witchcraft or communism, both of them led to the ruining of innocents people?s lives.

While looking throughout history it is possible to see where society has repeated its mistakes. These two events that are different in some ways, but similar overall, are the witch-hunts that took place in Salem during 1692 and the era of McCarthyism brought on by an anti-Communist movement led by Senator Joseph McCarthy. The many similarities between the two events are the way in which it effected the lives of those who participated, the questioning that was put on the people that were accused, and the manner in which each event came to an end through the realisation of how unnecessary it really was. The Crucible by Arthur Miller does an excellent job of creating the analogy between the

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