Essay About Salem Witch Trials And Elizabeth Proctor

Salem Witch Trials V. the McCarthy Hearings
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The McCarthy Hearings are referred to as “witch-hunts” because of their
similarity to the Salem witch trials. The McCarthy hearings are trials in which Senator
Joe McCarthy accuses government employees of being Communists. He exaggerates and
exploits the evidence and ruins many reputations just as the girls do in the Salem witch
trials. The accused, in both cases, are used as scapegoats for societys problems and the
only way to escape direct punishment is to admit to guilt.
Joseph McCarthy and the girls from Salem begin to accuse people of being either
Communists or witches to obtain, something they crave, power. No one actually has hard
evidence to support these accusations, including the accusers. The more people they
accuse the bigger the lies get. The girls in Salem begin to cry out that these witches are
sending their spirits on them. The even go to the extent to start shivering, passing out, and
mocking the accused as they walk into the room. Abigail Williams also sabotages,
Elizabeth Proctor, one of the women she accuses of being a witch. When Abigail
witnesses Marry Warren, the Proctors servent and one of the accusers, making a puppet
and sticking a needle in its stomach for safe keeping Abigail knew it would be taken to
her home at the Proctors. So she decides to claim she was stuck with a pin by Elizabeth
Proctor through the technique of voodoo and Elizabeth is arrested that night for witchery.
As for McCarthy he accuses anyone he sees. He even began to question the integrity of
George C. Marshall and even President Eisenhower. He also, started an investigation on
the Army. He never gave any kind of reliable evidence, he just started pointing fingers.