You ask me what parallels there are between the play The Crucible and the event The McCarthy Era. There were many parallels throughout the whole play. In this play everyone was blamed for no reason at all and all everyone one did was make excuses to try and not get their own selves in trouble. They were always wondering why everyone was getting tricked into believing that witches existed and it was because they were all just trying to get themselves out of trouble. Arthur Miller shows the audience
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In his play‚ The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller describes the events that took place in Salem during the Salem Witch Trials. He describes several of the deadly conflicts that occur between the townspeople‚ but not all the conflicts were external ones. One such conflict occurred within the expert in all things supernatural‚ Reverend Hale. Hale’s internal conflict happened because he realized fear causes people to make rash decisions‚ so he began to doubt all the work he had been doing in Salem and the Witch
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condition diagnosed witchcraft Magistrate decided whether people were witches had to have hard and spector evidence (one had an animal form) Paranoia was inflicted in the community when Tituba confessed the devil came to her Women in status varied from low to high positions in society More than 100 women and men were arrested Anyone who spoke out during proceedings were held for trial June 2 1692- massutues governor made a court composed of 7 jurrors and juries Confession of witchcraft saved from
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Elizabeth Proctor. Faced with witchcraft‚ hanging like a noose around her neck‚ and the attempted murder of Abigail Williams‚ here’s what she has to say. Goody Proctor‚ how do you feel about being accused of witchcraft and attempted murder? I am innocent. I was wrongly accused. Do you own any poppets? "I have kept no poppets‚ not since I were a girl"(61) But one was found in your house? That wasn’t mine‚ it was Mary’s. You’ve been accused of witchcraft‚ some say wrongly‚ what are your
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teenage girl who started the whole scare about witches in Salem‚ blamed everyone else for her witchcraft practices and ultimately caused many of her village members to be wrongly executed. She took advantage of the judges trust to frame people for her actions. Abigail Williams was once caught performing a ritual dance in the forest‚ and to save herself she blamed her so called friends. Abigail began doing witchcraft to fight for John Proctor’s love‚ and she wanted to get rid of Elizabeth who was Proctor’s
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of practicing witchcraft and 20 were killed during the hysteria. The events that led to this hysteria caused the people of Salem to be deeply affected by this terrible time in our history. With that in mind‚ the outcome of these trials caused people to be killed even if they were innocent. Historians believe that this time in our history was immensely unfair and no one had a fair trial. According to the (historyofmassachusetts.org) The Salem Witch Trials were a series of witchcraft cases brought
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How and when did the Salam witchcraft epidemic begin? Began when a group of young girls started to act strange and accused others of using witch craft on them. It begain during the 1680’s and 1690’s. Have you ever been unfairly accused of something? How might the social atmosphere of 17th century America have helped bring about the witchcraft epidemic? The social atmostphere of the 17th century in America was that most people that were accusced where middleaged women that either held a low social
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Description of Preliminary Research The Salem witch trials occurred in colonial Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693‚ and involved over two hundred people being accused of practicing witchcraft. After the execution of twenty people‚ the colony admitted the trials were a mistake and compensated the families of those convicted. Following the events‚ the story of the trials has become synonymous with paranoia and injustice‚ and continues to beguile the common imagination. Initially‚ I aimed my research
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Arthur Miller’s modern play The Crucible‚ takes place in Salem‚ Massachusetts during the Salem Witch Trials‚ in which the theocracy in the Puritan community causes mass hysteria during the accusations of witchcraft against citizens. Abuse of legal authority is viewed throughout the play‚ and social issues of intolerance are evident. Arthur Miller’s characterization of Thomas Putnam‚ Mary Warren‚ and John Proctor exemplify their purpose‚ motivation‚ and character traits. In the beginning of the play
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the Salem outbreak in New England and how bewitchment was related to New England villages. The author also discussed in the chapter what social factors contributed to those accused of witchcraft in Salem. The author described this period of time in Salem life as the “invisible world” (57). “Demons‚ familiars‚ witchcraft‚ and magic all shaped seventeenth-century New England” (57). What aspect of historical research are they demonstrating in this article? “Historians studying the psychological and social
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