nationally televised Senate investigation. McCarthy's bullying of witnesses alienated the audience and cost him public support. The Senate condemned him of improper conduct and the HUAC lost all credibility. Three years later after McCarthy's removal, he died a broken man, suffering from alcoholism. Though McCarthyism had damaged effects on society such as blacklisting and persecution, McCarthy's reign of terror was being brought to an end. As for Salem, Abigail lost her credibility also. Her open minded accusations were found out and out of fear of a public uprising, the officials of Salem ended the trials. There had been an uprising in a nearby town called Andover, and fear was rising that is might happen in Salem. As for John Proctor, Rebecca Nurse, and Giles Gory, Proctor and Goody Nurse were hanged. Cory died from being crushed under a pile of rocks, all the while uttering the words "more weight" when asked a question. Abigail left town by ship using her uncle's money. Parris's reputation was destroyed as result of being an advocate for Abigail's honesty. In the end of both, lives were lost, reputations were destroyed and chaos and hysteria reigned supreme. Critics analyze the book as a historical allegory. The witch trials have ever aspect of hysteria, fear, guilt, and shame. These four things make up McCarthyism. Critical analysis has pointed out many times that the damage of the trials was done out of personal rather than political reasons (Ferres 26). The Crucible, by Arthur Miller vividly describes a Puritan town in the 1600s paranoid over witchcraft that is ideally similar to 1950s America with the scare of Communism. McCarthy's false accusations led to harsh downfall and Abigail's accusations led to her cowardly retreat. The accused stood up for something different and when fear took over, people were hurt. Those people were labeled as different. In this case those were labeled as witches and Communis...
