Arthur Millers Comparing of Similarities in The McCarthy Era and The S

She thinks to dance with me on my wifes grave And well she might, for I thought of her softly. theology help me, I lusted, and on that point is a promise in such sweat. But it is a whores vengeance, and you must see it, I set myself entirely in your hands. John Proctor says this to Danforth in the moving picture The Crucible, which is a fascinating, and disturbing point based on an important typeface in tale. This event was the Salem Witch Trials. The author Arthur Miller wrote this story in response to the major event the McCarthy age. The Crucible showed the similarities between the McCarthy Era and the Salem Witch Trials.In 1956 Arthur Miller was subpoenaed by HUAC (the House unpatriotic Activities Committee) and refused to identify writers that were believed to hold communist sympathies. Due to his refusal he was convicted of contempt of congress. The abutting year, however, the United States Supreme Court overturned this conviction. Under the leadership of McCarthy th e charge had so much power that just knowing soul who was pretend of having ties to the communist party was a danger. The perishs and careers of hundreds of Americans were ruined because of being blacklisted. Prison, bankruptcy, passport revocation, unemployment were threats make against great deal for them to testify and progress to names.The McCarthy Era was a period of history that began in the late 1949s and ended in the mid late 1950s. This was in like manner called the Second Red Scare in the United States. The McCarthy Era had m any a(prenominal) innocent victims and many of them were imprisoned. Several authors, actors, civil rights activists, and physicists were among the many victims that were blacklisted. Due to McCarthys witch-hunt many victims reputations were destroyed and their families ... ...I lie and sign myself to lies Because I am non worth the dust on the feet of them that hang How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul leave me my nameBe sides similarities between The Crucible, Salem witch Trials, and the McCarthy Era there are differences. The Crucible/ Salem witch trials had people being hung that were believed to be witches compared to people just being put in prison when they were incriminate of being a communist in the McCarthy era. Also, anyone was able to charge someone else in The Crucible where during the McCarthy Era Joseph McCarthy was the one charging people, and no one else had any say about who was charged.In conclusion Arthur Miller saw the similarities in The McCarthy Era and The Salem Witch Trials, and portrayed them in The Crucible. The lives of many people were destroyed during these times in history.