WITCHES AND COMMUNISTS THE RELATION BETWEEN ARTHUR MILLERS’ THE CRUCIBLE AND THE MCCARTHY ERA By Dorien Kuipers S2733943 The Americas la LAX025P05 10 ECTS Dr. Tim Jelfs15 October‚ 2014 551 words Between February 1692 and May 1693‚ in several towns in the state of Massachusetts‚ dozens of people were accused of witchcraft. Nineteen people were sentenced to death by the state government because of all the villagers that accused each other of being possessed by the devil. In contemporary
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Symbolic Illness in The Crucible and The Masque of the Red Death In The Crucible and The Masque of the Red Death‚ both authors utilize symbolic illness to portray an outbreak of something terrible in society. The novel and short story both provide instances of symbolic illness throughout each of them. In The Crucible‚ the illness in the story is the “outbreak” of witchcraft in the town of Salem. It all started when Parris saw several girls dancing naked in the forest one night around a fire.
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The Crucible argues that those most concerned with reputation‚ like Parris‚ are dangerous to society: to protect themselves‚ they’re willing to let others be harmed and fuel hysteria in the process. In contrast‚ The Crucible shows that those who favor integrity by admitting mistakes and refusing to lie just to save their own lives help defy hysteria. Willing to die
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has been used as an excuse for committing a crime but having reason to commit a crime does not justify it. The stories The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe and The Crucible by Arthur Miller are good examples of unjustifiable revenge. The Cask of Amontillado features a jealous man who gets revenge with murder‚ while The Crucible is about a girl who lies about people in her town‚ getting them killed‚ in order to get revenge on a man who refused to continue an affair with her. Crime‚ an illegal activity
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Three Men In the play‚ "The Crucible"‚ by Arthur Miller‚ there are three main authority figures. Unlike what the Bible teaches on this subject‚ Reverend Samuel Parris‚ Reverend John Hale‚ and Deputy Governor Danforth show their understanding of authority in alternate ways. In the Bible‚ Peter says‚ ". . . I may not have to be harsh in my use of authority--the authority the Lord gave me for building you up‚ not for tearing you down" (2 Cor. 13:10). In "The Crucible"‚ the Biblical view of authority
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In The Crucible and the Macbeth‚ the two playwrights have portrayed their depictions of women differently; Abigail has been shown to be fearful whilst Lady Macbeth is fearless. In Macbeth‚ after King Duncan has been killed‚ Lady Macbeth repeats what Macbeth says to him “A foolish thought to say a sorry sight”. The use of sibilance (alliteration of the ‘s’) has been used to show Lady Macbeth’s authority over Macbeth but also explores her manipulative nature. The sounds of the sibilance’s could imply
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Source one is demonstrating a propaganda campaign against communism‚ it is stating how America under communism would cause chaos and disarray with the country. Instead of gradual change‚ communism would promote revolutionary change in the US. The Red Scare created an intensified ideological battle between the United States and the Soviet union. As McCarthyism spread during this time‚ more and more people began doubting government control and felt scared by the threat that communism may spread. The
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	Arthur Miller ’s play‚ The Crucible‚ and the movie with the same name have many differences and similarities‚ all of which contribute to the individual effectiveness of each in conveying their central message. 	There are several additions and variances in the movie. First of all‚ the scene where the children and Tituba are dancing in the forest is never seen in the forest; we simply learn of it from dialogue. This scene was most probably added in the movie for a dramatic effect: foreshadowing
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implements the red herring fallacy to illustrate how people often throw arguments off course by raising an irrelevant issue. During an argument between Putman and Proctor‚ Miller writes‚ “I [Putman] never heard you so worried about society‚ Mr. Proctor. I do not think I saw you at Sabbath meeting since snow flew” (Miller I. 28). Miller shows how Putman effectively derails the conversation‚ preventing the other people from continuing to talk about witchcraft. Miller’s use of the red herring fallacy
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Climate Scare Is all the hype about man made climate change going to destroy the human race. In The 11th Hour by Leonardo DiCaprio‚ we hear and see the perceived effects man-made climate change is having on our planet. Flooding‚ hurricanes‚ and drought‚ all caused by man’s use of fossil fuels‚ our only chance of survival‚ eliminate our use of fossil fuels. Bill McKibben agrees with this theory‚ in “350 Science” he informs us the current level of carbon dioxide (CO2)‚ 392 parts per million‚
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