Herbert Block, a cartoon illustrator during McCarthyism, depicts the absurdity of communist accusations during the 1950s through his drawings of fictitious evidence and the power-hungry government. Despite the lack of evidence, the influence of false government claims causes unnecessary hysteria and chaos in America. Similarly, these events are prevalent in Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible. The witch trials symbolize court hearings during McCarthyism, and an identical absence of plausible evidence and a city overcome with fear lead to fallacious beliefs. Block's political cartoons embody the fraudulent evidence and hysteria about communism during McCarthy's reign, which relates to the witch trials described by Miller. Because of this, Block and Miller illustrate the folly of McCarthy's accusations, as he had enormous influence on America but did not have enough evidence to support his claims. In the cartoon “I Have Here In My Hands,” Block uses McCarthy holding a “doctored photo” and a “fake letter” as an example of the deceptive documents used to convict communists. Also in The Crucible, the evidence used to accuse witches includes mumbling, reading books, and owning puppets. This trivial evidence could lead to conviction and even death, despite the fact that this scant evidence hardly justifies these punishments. Furthermore, in “We Now Have New and Important Evidence”, two men are shown carrying a poorly made sign with multiple errors, which is considered crucial evidence to accuse the communists. Despite the fact that the wooden sign is clearly homemade, the court accepts it because there really is no real evidence. This can also be found in The Crucible, where Abigail and the girls tell ridiculous and erroneous stories to condemn whoever they want, and the court accepts their testimonies regardless of the logic that is lacking in their choices.