Fear of Communism
The Crucible
The Lottery
Good Night and Good Luck
America Poem
The Judge acts kind of like McCarthy in the sense that he makes false, outrages, claims in order to convict people because he was afraid of losing credibility.
Underlying fear of being "chosen"; relates to how McCarthyism trials worked
Betrayal of Trust from other memebers "oh lets get this over with" attitude
In both cases people were afraid of speaking up because of possibly being labeled as a witch/communist
Worry about backlash recived from talking about McCarthy
Rosenbergs
Example of family adversely affected by Communism.
Very infamous figureheads as 'Communist Spies' of that time period.
Fear about speaking out about how they didn't like even if they thought it was wrong (isolation+shunned)
Shows problems of the hunts for the red; mom possibly innocent.
Lots of info from the children; shows mom very probably innocent and not a spy.
Lots of info from the children; shows mom very probably innocent and not a spy.
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McCarthy started to lose credibility after accusing top officials similar to how when Abigail accused some of the top people in the town and people began to question her.
Example of someone speaking out against issues
Angle also that dad didn't deserve the death penalty because his evidence/contribution of selling secrets wasn't high-priority/wasn't actually very useful to soviets.
Use history article? Or find better, more specific article. (Should also find one focusing more on mom's innocence/dad's death penalty sentence.)
Historical References that can be connected to Good Night and Good Luck/used as examples
Both in Good Night and Good Luck and the Crucible people who were accused were forced name other witches/communists and they would often lie and point fingers to others.
Fear ripples throughout the people in the Movie when ever they would interact with McCarthy, as when Edward Murrow said he would air the would pay out of pocket for the Airing, the entirety of CBS still got scared
Pointing fingers at others for self preservation
Giving up on person/cutting ties as soon as they are accused/picked relates to communism accusations
Truman's Loyalty Program
Historical Event
Fear of Betrayal, as many people throughout the movie would sell each other out just to alleviate any chance of them being accused of being a communist
Wide Spread panic + mistrust due to this
Hesitant about signing it due to worry about future using it against you
Losing Jobs and credibility was a Major Fear
Also, whats to stop a spy from just signing it to cover their tracks
mindset of "either you're with me or against me"
Some people accused others of being witches for their own gain such as taking others land. This relates to how some people would
Fear Of Knowledge, as in when they find out McCarthy is a fraud, or when someone is accused of having ties with communisis but is seen in the Movie as Finding Out.
McCarthy made baseless accusations with no proof, yet people still believed him without question
Contemporary
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