Tragedy: Comparing "The Crucible" and "The Scarlet Letter" by: Jamie Newlands Two American authors‚ of two distinctly different time periods had one very similar task‚ to turn a piece of American History into a believable tragedy. Arthur Miller with The Crucible and Nathaniel Hawthorne with The Scarlet Letter. Perhaps one might wonder which author did a better job in doing so‚ but with such different pieces of work‚ this is hardly a question that can be answered. Miller’s the Crucible was written
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about the Red scare in the US? What effect did it have? * Fears still existed of red Russia years after the Bolshevik revolution of 1917 * Started a Communist party in America * At the end of the war an epidemic of strikes resulted in high prices and frustrated union organizing drives * People jumped to the conclusion that labor troubles were formented by bomb and whisker Bolsheviks * US had a great fear that communism could spread throughout the country * Red scare resulted
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Mockingbird and The Crucible‚ both authors talk about justice. They both tell their story in a unique way. There are many similarities between The Crucible and To Kill a Mockingbird‚ however false accusations in both books can be approached in three different ways: the method that Arthur Miller brings real characters to life‚ the method Harper Lee‚ analyzes the story using different characters‚ and comparing both authors on how they use false accusations in the books. In The Crucible‚
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After the terrorist attacks on America‚ people of Islamic culture have been derided‚ punished‚ and are terrified of. Clearly displaying the results of discrimination against witches in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ we as Americans must not discriminate against others‚ especially Muslims. We must prevent this from recurring by educating the public‚ learning from prior situations‚ and living in accord. The task of educating the public is often a very difficult and daunting challenge. Subsequent to
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The Relevance of The Crucible & The Scarlet Letter Today The Crucible and the Scarlet Letter are two old stories set in a middle age America that had many problems with its evolution including proclaimed witches. These stories represent the natural differences between society as a whole and the individual they either help or abandon. The Crucible focused on how an individual could never win against a society unless they get help from another society. The Scarlet Letter represents the difficulties
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The Scarlet Letter and The Crucible are two books about an illegal act that negatively affected a group of Puritans‚ during the 17th century. In The Scarlet Letter‚ the narrator tells a story about a woman who commits adultery with her lover and decides to live away from the other Puritans. In The Crucible‚ a man hides his sin from the Puritans in Boston‚ which ultimately leads to the Salem Witch Trials. Proctor and Dimmesdale are main characters in the books who face physical and mental problems
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Violence is a long-standing human tendency‚ tainting many different generations across the span of time. This is emphasized in literature and in real life‚ two primary examples being The Crucible and the Bosnian Civil war. The Civil war and The Crucible by Arthur Miller both bring about themes of cruelty and violence from mankind. People had undue anger‚ innocents were persecuted‚ and many people were senselessly murdered. In both partially fictitious story and entirely real event is a common thread
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Many people disagreed with his theories and idea’s and still chose to believe God created the world and everything on it. Both superstition and science are both used in gothic fiction but in the fashion of religion against technology. I will be comparing two short stories and see how they explore these conventions of gothic fiction. The Monkeys Paw‚ W.W. Jacobs‚ written
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People believe that the McCarthy trials and “McCarthyism” are similar to Arthur Miller’s work by the title of The Crucible. These people relate the two in the sense that Joseph McCarthy never found anything or anyone actually communist. McCarthy actually did find quite a few communist sympathizers in the government. Not only that‚ but he was bullied while doing so by the media and the senate. If people were able to take a look at how the senate bombarded Joseph McCarthy‚ they would be outraged
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The Crucible and Red Scare Comparison Arthur Miller’s book The Crucible‚ expressed both sad and interesting tales of the times most considered outrageous. Not only were the witch hunts unpredictable and non-valid but anybody could be accused of practicing witchcraft- even the preachers and children. Unfortunately‚ this was the same situation that occurred with the Red Scare that occurred after World War II. No matter what age‚ race or religious view one had‚ everyone was considered
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