Examples Of Intolerance In The Crucible
The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, is an intense, drama-filled play about the accusations of witchcraft amongst the town of Salem. Throughout this play, there are many themes that are laid out across all four acts. One of the mayor themes that sticks out and is present in all four acts is intolerance. In the Crucible there are countless times where intolerance is show by nearly every character involved in the play. This intolerance can be related to many events throughout American history and my own personal life. In the crucible there are countless amounts of times when characters show intolerance. In the first act when Tituba is accused of witchcraft by Abigail. Parris, Hale, and pretty much the whole town shows immediate intolerance
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In early American history, there was a civil war between the north and the south states. The war was fought for many reasons, but the main reason was slavery. Both the north and the south were very intolerant about their views and the opposing views on slavery. The north believed that slaves were a horrible idea and a bad way to treat a human being, while the south were completely intolerant to that idea because they believed that slaves were great. Another act of intolerance, a bit later in American history, in 1942 president Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an executive order establishing “exclusion zones”, which leads to the forced internment of some 120,000 Japanese and Japanese Americans. This order was signed shortly after the Pearl Harbor attacks. This act in history shows great intolerance towards the Japanese people because they were put into camps just because they were Japanese and were thought to be untrustworthy. Another act not to long after the war is McCarthyism. McCarthyism is a vociferous campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other institutions carried out under Senator Joseph McCarthy in the period 1950–1954. Many of the accused were blacklisted or lost their jobs, although most did not in fact belong to the Communist Party. McCarthyism is a great example of intolerance because as soon as McCarthy accused someone of being a “Communist” they would get an instant hatred sent towards them because of false allegations, and they were often convicted because of it. The 33rd president, Harry Truman, said “we are going to continue to fight communism. Now I am going to tell you how we are not going to fight communism. We are not going to transform our fine FBI into a Gestapo secret police. That is what some people would like to do. We are not going to try
In early American history, there was a civil war between the north and the south states. The war was fought for many reasons, but the main reason was slavery. Both the north and the south were very intolerant about their views and the opposing views on slavery. The north believed that slaves were a horrible idea and a bad way to treat a human being, while the south were completely intolerant to that idea because they believed that slaves were great. Another act of intolerance, a bit later in American history, in 1942 president Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an executive order establishing “exclusion zones”, which leads to the forced internment of some 120,000 Japanese and Japanese Americans. This order was signed shortly after the Pearl Harbor attacks. This act in history shows great intolerance towards the Japanese people because they were put into camps just because they were Japanese and were thought to be untrustworthy. Another act not to long after the war is McCarthyism. McCarthyism is a vociferous campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other institutions carried out under Senator Joseph McCarthy in the period 1950–1954. Many of the accused were blacklisted or lost their jobs, although most did not in fact belong to the Communist Party. McCarthyism is a great example of intolerance because as soon as McCarthy accused someone of being a “Communist” they would get an instant hatred sent towards them because of false allegations, and they were often convicted because of it. The 33rd president, Harry Truman, said “we are going to continue to fight communism. Now I am going to tell you how we are not going to fight communism. We are not going to transform our fine FBI into a Gestapo secret police. That is what some people would like to do. We are not going to try