The Salem Witch Trials and McCarthyism

<Tab/>Ogarek Period 5 "The whole past is the procession of the present." - Thomas Carlyle This statement coincides with the idea that history repeats itself. A perfect example of this is the similarities between the Salem Witch Trials and McCarthyism. The Salem Witch Trials were portrayed in the novel, The Crucible. Arthur Miller wrote this novel during the McCarthy era. Arthur Miller was put on trial for communism in the same …

…present in both Salem and in the United States. Neither the Salem Witch Trials nor the communist trials had concrete proof for their convictions. <Tab/>Both trials have similarities and similar characters. After two different eras and two different types of accusations hopefully the world has learned to trust rather than to accuse. Perhaps the following generations will take both eras as something to learn from and not something to repeat.