A long disbuted action that has happened multiple times in .
American history is the act of genocide based on something that .
cannot be proved or charged. In the 1860's there was the Salem .
Witch Trials in which people were accused of being witches and .
executed for it. Now this was something that could not be proved .
making it one persons word against another, which basicly makes it .
genocide. And then in the 1950's there was the Red Scare which once .
again persecuted someone for something that was not illegal, .
believeing in communism. Although noone was executed since it was .
not illegal many people were banned from work because of the .
accuazation that they were Communists. Although "The Crucible" .
and the "The Front" had the same basic message in mind when they .
were written they were based in different times so they had very .
differing plots. .
"The Crucible" by Authur Miller was about the original witch .
hunt. It told the story of the Salem Witch Trials from the point of view .
of several main characters, who were actual people who were alive .
during this devistating time. These characters included John Proctor .
and his wife Elizabeth and Abagail Willaims (the girl who threw out .
the first claim of Witches). It follows what happened to all these .
people and takes you though some of the main trials and tribulations .
that these people endured during the period of time. The plot goes .
from the first outcry of witchcraft to the execution of one of the main .
characters John Proctor. It also tells about how some of the people .
objected to the fact that none of this could be proven and how they .
were delt with. And woven in is some of the basic hollywood drama .
but for the most part it remains true to the small piece of the trials it is .
about.
"The Front" is a movie based on a more modern time period, the .
1950's. It is about the more modern witch hunt, the Red Scare.