Gubser Ms. Wilson English 11/ Period 3 1 May 2014 McCarthyism and the Crucible Throughout history there have been many events that are direct parallels of each other. These parallels are evident in Joseph McCarthy’s‚ McCarthyism and in Arthur Miller’s‚ the Crucible. McCarthyism was the fear of communism that was created by the Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy. This was a time of fear after the Second World War in the years 1950 through 1954. McCarthy had conducted hearings accusing people who
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Aanise Harrison November 15‚ 2012 McEnany 3/6 The Crucible vs. McCarthyism Groupthink has been part of society for many years‚ and has often caused many conflicts amongst the people. Groupthink is a way of thinking the group members use when their desire for agreement or harmony over rides their motivation to try different things or consider other opinions. One type of groupthink is pressure for conformity. Pressure for conformity is when members pressure anyone in the group who expresses
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States during McCarthyism‚ but there are more similarities that are important than differences. One similarity would be that if you were a accused‚ in both situations‚ it would ruin your reputation. In both cases‚ you are guilty until proven innocent. Isn’t that unfair? Civilians were scared of communism like those in Salem were of witchcraft. In both cases‚ there was no proof in the accusations. Another similarity is that the media and the townspeople were both afraid to stand up. During McCarthyism
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In the movie‚ he represents pure evil‚ destroying everything in his path. He is‚ however‚ only a product of mankind‚ and cannot help that fact. What drew the great beast from the ocean depths? Godzilla was created by H-Bomb testing at Bikini Atoll‚ 1954. The director of the film was inspired after the radioactive fallout from the test scorched a Japanese fishing vessel‚ The Lucky Dragon‚ with deadly effects. They were supposedly in a "safe" zone. Many of its crew were seriously burned and despite
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War II‚ the United States and the Soviet Union had some differences on their perspectives of the world. United States being the richest country in the world promoted democracy and capitalism in the world. The newly formed Soviet Union thought that communism was a better political system because it transformed their economy and status in the world from nothing but a declining empire to a super power once again. The Cold War was a long series of events in which the communist tried to spread their ideas
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Today there are many examples of McCarthyism that exist in the world around us. The fact that McCarthyism still exists is a little frightening. McCarthyism is still attacking people all over the world and it needs to stop. Here are a few things that are outrageous to think of. December 21‚ 2001 a tenured professor was fired for his assignment that he wanted his class to do. Sami al-Arian was fired for his beliefs and his way of trying to get American scholars to learn the ways of the Muslim people
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spread of the common enemy: communism. These steps included an arms race‚ cryptology‚ and national efforts by the civilian population. One of the national efforts was the creation of Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings into the depth of the American Communist Party. Arthur Miller uses his play The Crucible as an allegory for the McCarthy Hearings through characters‚ and events that take place in the play. Much like the persecution that perceived communists endured during the McCarthy investigations
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Most countries today follow a capitalistic system‚ although we can still find those who practice the communist regime such as Cuba and North Korea. Communism and capitalism are 2 of the most well-known systems to have ever existed. By definition‚ capitalism is a social system in which a country’s trade and business is controlled by private owners. Communism on the other hand is a system in which there is equality in the economy and private businesses are eliminated. Both systems differ in several ways
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Abdullrahman Al - Abdulghani HUM205 Film Deliberation #04 Rear window ( 1954 ) Director : Alfred Hitchcock Stars : James Stewart ‚ Grace Kelly ‚ Thelma Ritter ‚ Raymond Burr The movie talks about an injured photographer who is stuck in his apartment and all what he can do is look at his neighbors throat his rear window where he noticed that the neighbors wife disappeared so he start to prove that his neighbor killed his wife . In the scene where Jeff calls Thorwald as the phone
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Unbroken “Then he found himself thinking of something Pete once said: A lifetime of glory is worth a moment of pain” (36). Louie Zamperini joined the Air Force during WWII and was assigned to search for survivors from a plane crash‚ but ended up crashing in the middle of the Pacific himself. Starving and deterred‚ Louie floated for a total of forty seven days and finally rafted into a Japanese boat where he was swept away into Japanese camps‚ some POW camps‚ some not. After a few years of being
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