Short Comparison of Salem witch trials to the Red Scare

similar in many ways. In both situations the people involved in it had exploited

what the people feared and used to their advantage.

The Salem witch trials took place in the village of Salem in the Massachusetts

Bay colony in the year of 1692. It started with the daughter Betty, and the niece

Abigail Williams of the reverend Samuel Parris. In th

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Senator McCarthy rose to power after World War 2 he got elected to his seat

by exploiting the issue of communism. Writers and

artists were persecuted the most. He had them arrested on charges of being witches

and during the trial brought in false accusations to have them convicted and

punished by death. McCarthy using the feeling of people towards

communism by calling anyone with anything to do with socialistic ideas communist. We still see things like this happen when people are scared a

little bit too much and do not think reasonably. By the time thy ended 19 people were dead and over 150 people were

imprisoned. Those imprisoned were later allowed to go free, and the victim’s

families were paid. Using his position he became the leading

investigator of communism. e trials the reverend Parris

used the fear of the town in witches to gain more power by trying to get rid of

prominent people of the town. They get to caught up in the

hysteria and go against their better judgments.

Lot of times he had people falsely accused and ruined their lives. The finding ministers of the colony ended the trials after finding

out the truth.

In both these situations the people were taken advantage of by having their

fears preyed upon.

Common topics in this essay:
World War, Samuel Parris, Joseph McCarthy, Massachusetts Bay, , Senator McCarthy, Abigail Williams, situations people,

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