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Joseph Mccarthy Quotes In The Crucible

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In the 1950s, Americans witnessed their own version of a ‘witch hunt’. During this time, fears of communism were at an all time high due to the ending of World War II. In turn this caused Joseph McCarthy to falsely accuse people of being a communist. The play, The Crucible written by Arthur Miller, correlates to the McCarthyism Red Scare of the 1950s. In the play, Abigail Williams used people’s fear to her advantage and began to falsely accuse townspeople of using witchcraft. Therefore, The Crucible and McCarthyism are related due to the false accusations and the Hollywood Ten, those falsely accused. Throughout the play, a multiplicity of people are accused of witchcraft. Of course, these accusations are false and made based of off the townspeople’s
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