The Sinful Three In Arthur Miller’s‚ The Crucible‚ the Salem Witch Trials were filled with the same sins that were also shown in modern-day McCarthyism. In comparison‚ McCarthyism was a post-WWII investigation of Communists in the United States Government that involved blatant lies given by Joseph McCarthy that can relate to the lies shown by the townspeople of Salem during the Witch Trials. Specifically‚ three of the townspeople showed their sins the most; Abigail Williams‚ John Proctor‚ and
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lies and jealousy that is the cause of the trials. she was afraid to get in trouble for dancing naked in the woods an witch craft that she turned the blame onto others. Reverend Parris- all he wants is power and will stop at nothing to get it. he gets so into the witch hunt that he starts accusing people willy-nilly. he also goes along with all the accusation and gains personally from the trials. John Proctor- he is basically the reason the trials started at all. he cheated on his wife and
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but nowhere near as severe punishment that the victims of the Salem Witch Trials and the Jews during the Holocaust had to go through. There are many ways in which the witch trials and the Holocaust are similar. For starters‚ the victims of both cases were innocent of any crime. They are both great examples of being scapegoated for things they were not responsible for. Miller perceives a correlation between the witch trials and the Holocaust for scapegoating and destruction which obviously occurred
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era of the Renaissance introduced English persecution of Elizabethan Witches and Witchcraft. Ironically‚ this period of great learning brought with it a renewed belief in the supernatural including a belief in the powers of witchcraft‚ witches and witch hunts! Ironically the introduction of the printing press‚ one of the greatest tools in increasing knowledge and learning was responsible! Johannes Gutenberg introduced the printing press c1456. The first printed books were bibles or contained religious
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preached during the month of August in the year 1680. At the age of 22‚ I officially became a minister in the year 1685 (Walker). After the Salem Witch Trials were over‚ a play writer named Arthur Miller created a play called The Crucible. I believe I was a very important part of the play considering I helped the judges collect spectral evidence during the trials‚ but Miller did not think so‚ therefore I was not portrayed in the play. I published a book in 1964 called Remarkable Provinces‚ stating my
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Crucible in 1952. This book told the story of the Salem witch trials with some modifications to make it more relevant to the current situation. The book ultimately became an allegory devoted solely to McCarthyism. In The Crucible uses situations such as the actual trials‚ direct comparisons from the characters in the book to those that participated in the McCarthy trials and‚ the atmosphere of the two events were almost identical. The trials in the Red Scare were designed to prosecute communists
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Arthur Millers The Crucible‚ takes place in Salem Massachusetts‚ during the witch trials of the 1600s. Back then the idea of witchcraft was crazy but the people still believed every word of it. Abigail Williams is the one to blame for the cause of all the witch trials. Her lies‚ devious ways‚ and cruel intentions add to the idea that she was the cause of all this. Abigail used her power against people‚ is untrustworthy‚ and destroyed the lives of others. Many people in the book thought of
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Macbeth‚ and made it unpredictable and full of suspense. A witch is a woman that is thought to have magical powers that differ depending on the time and place‚ like the weird sisters in Macbeth‚ who practice sorcery. In fourteenth century Scotland‚ there were treason trials being held. There were large numbers of people being accused of meeting with the devil in order to perform acts of sorcery. In the following century‚ Scottish witch beliefs and
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Salem Witch Trials The infamous Salem witch trials began during the spring of 1692‚ after a group of young girls in Salem Village‚ Massachusetts‚ claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused several local women of witchcraft. As a wave of hysteria spread throughout colonial Massachusetts‚ a special court convened in Salem to hear the cases; the first convicted witch‚ Bridget Bishop‚ was hanged that June. Eighteen others followed Bishop to Salem’s Gallows Hill‚ while some 150 more men‚ women
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The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 were a dark time in American history. More than 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft and 20 were killed during the hysteria. Ever since those dark days ended‚ the trials have become synonymous with mass hysteria and scapegoating. Causes Salem‚ Massachusetts was not alone in its witch hunt. A wave of witch trials swept Europe from the 1300s to the 1600s. These witch hunts happened for a variety of reasons and were greatly influenced by the fear
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