The Crucible by Arthur Miller was an analogy of the Salem Witch Trials of
New England and
(A) the events of the Holocaust
(B) racism in the southern states
(C) the acts of Joseph McCarthy’s Senate committee
(D) the rise of Hitler in Nazi Germany
(E) the infi ltration of communism in the United States
The Acts of Joseph McCarthy’s Senate Committee. The play was used portray the similarities
between McCarthy’s hut for communist spies and sympathizers with the Salem
Witch Hunts. Both were similar in a sense when people were arrested on
suspicion alone. Trials were unfair and
many lives were destroyed as a result.
People were put to do death while some lost their livelihood and their
reputation was destroyed even if they did not do anything. In the end, people began to question the
methods of how these investigations were being conducted and eventually it came
to a halt.
