mes Tituba in order to save herself. In both cases, many of the people would say the names of the innocent in order to save themselves. The House of the Un-American Committee and the court of Salem would be very appreciated of this, but it was also created more chaos and make matters worse.The paranoia and chaos that surfaced during the time of the Red Scare in the 1950s is also present during the time of the seventeenth century witch trials depicted in The Crucible. The House of the Un-American Activities Committee and the court in Salem are a lot a like. They both tried and ruined the lives of the innocent. They also encouraged defendants to name the names of others in order to salvage their own life, which brought about more chaos and worsened the matter. ...