McCarthyism is defined as false accusations, placing blame, or giving threats. A character that portrays these kind of actions is Abigail Williams. She has blamed many people for what she has done. She has lied and placed false accusations on people to help herself from getting caught. There are many reasons why she embodies McCarthyism the most. Abigail was afraid of getting caught for dancing in the woods trying to perform witchcraft. “She comes to me while I sleep, she's always make me dream corruptions!” Before she got caught she blamed it on Tituba. She then went on to blame many more people that she did not like or had a grudge against. She put false accusations on many people and those accusations got many people killed. That is
