Aruther Miller's imagery used in The Crucible actually represents a comparison to "The Red Scare" which took place in the 1950's. There are many other events that have taken place throughout our American history that could also be used as a relevant example of a metaphor to The Crucible. In my opinion 9/11 is a notable example to Arthur Miller's striking imagery used in his play. Both the Salem Witch Trials and 9/11 hysteria began with a main base. The Salem Witch Trials instigated when the girls were caught dancing by Parris and Betty fell sick. 9/11 began of course with the destruction of the two twin towers by a terrorist attack. The aftermath of both situations concluded with mass hysteria. Within the time period derived around the Salem Witch Trials many people were afraid of witches putting an attack on them, or they were afraid that they might in fact be blamed as witch. 9/11, on the otherhand, struck people hard by the negative result put on our country. Terrorist attacks were common factors for years after and fear was wiped across many people's faces. The security in airports was increased tremendously to where people soon found no interest in flying anymore or they were afraid that another tragedy like 9/11 would occur again. Threats were factors of both time periods. If you were non-religious in the Puritan community or you didn't keep up with your religious duties you were automatically considered to be questionable to involvement in witchcraft. During 9/11 many people showed their prejudice side by easily judging a person's religious background or ethnicity. Having an Arab ethnicity or an Islamic religious background made many innocent people condemed as being a terrorist. The highest authority also derived the public opinion to that of the Salem (during the Salem Witch Trials) and the U.S.A (during 9/11) to make people believe that either they were being afflicted by witches or they were being attacked by a mass amount of terrorists from other countries (mainly in the Middle East). Altogether the comparison between the Salem Witch Trials and 9/11 are equivalent on many terms.