Conjurer and communist are two very different words with two very different meanings. So what do they have in common? The similarities lie in the fact that in some point in American history having any relation or connotation with either of the words would lead to social and political oppression. Fear is what drives human nature. The primal instinct of fearing the unknown has kept us ,as a species, alive for thousands of years, but in a community it can also lead to unprecedented persecution.
In the 1940s, all across America the people were fearful of the spread of communism, and for good reason. Afterall in a Communist system, individual people do not own land, factories, or machinery. Instead, the government or the whole community owns these …show more content…
Furthermore It was a purposeless ordeal that lead to the massacre of almost two-dozen people. In turn, it was neighbor against neighbor, brother against sister, mother against daughter, when fear struck the hearts of the kind community of Salem their sense of loyalty went out the window, and it was every man, or woman, for themselves “Jess Blumberg”. The Crucible is a 1953 play by American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatized story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Massachusetts during 1692. Miller wrote the play as an allegory for The Red Scare “Darwin Kim”. In both situations a society turned against itself in fear of something bigger than itself that they could not control. When there is something that a community can not comprehend, whether it be supposed magic or a form of government, there will be turmoil “Jess Blumberg”. Fear is a dominant force in this world. Throughout history it has killed civilians, hurt communities, and obliterated empires. In both The Salem Witch trials and the Red Scare it caused it caused people to turn against their neighbor and become self-destructive. The reason that Arthur Miller Wrote the crucible is because he wanted society to recognize the mistakes that it continues to make, and learn from them. It was a quintessential allegory in the