In today's society, many people are accused of crimes so absurd that when put to trial, they name others of the same crime. This is to redirect the focus from them to others. "The Crucible" and in "McCarthyism" had the same influence on people. People were accused of witchcraft and being communist, so they accused others to lessen their penalty and redirect focus. "The Crucibl"e is about the witch trials in Salem in 1692. "McCarthyism" …showed first 75 words of 759 total…

…showed last 75 words of 759 total…McCarthyism, and their jobs go to the next standing person in line. The trials also existed on the wide scale reason of fear. The witch trials were around to give reasons for unexplainable things, while the McCarthyism trials were around to blame others for the Soviet Union's atomic bomb and the fear it struck to the Americans. The trials existed for personal gain of others, because of fear of others, and fear of unexplainable things.