Red Scare Vs. The Crucible

During American history there has been an event that unquestionably parallels that of the witch trials in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. The Red Scare is such an event. The Red Scare was a time in history when the United States was in apprehension of the communist government of Russia. In the Salem witch trials people were in trepidation of witchcraft the same way that Americans were in apprehension of communism. Distinguishing attributes are comparable …

…how horrible some people act towards others when their lives are on the line. The two events also expressed how some people would not be cowardly and have someone else killed in their place. Giles Corey and John Proctor were such men. Unfortunately, in both cases, the people did not perform akin to Giles Corey and John Proctor. For that reason, the events dramatized in The Crucible by Arthur Miller strongly resemble the Red Scare.