McCarthyism‚ The Patriot Act and The Crucible are all linked together by many different reasons. The play‚ “The Crucible”‚ was supposedly written to go against the “abusive” politics of McCarthyism at the time of the Cold War in the United States. The McCarthyism‚ accused artists and writers of advocating class war without having actual proof or any truth. McCarthyism started with a man‚ Joseph McCarthy. He would accuse others of serious crimes or activities going against their government
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Without a solid evidence his accusations drove many out of their jobs. Such reckless action were known as McCarthyism. McCarthyism is not only an injustice system it also creates more fear within the American. In the Act 1 of The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ Betty and Abigail were being diagnosis with unknown illness. In result the many believe that it’s the work of witchcraft. Betty and Abigail claim that Tituba‚ Sarah
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McCarthyism wasn’t just in Salem‚ Massachusetts. McCarthyism is found upon Joseph McCarthy; It’s when someone will make false allegations against someone else. He was the senator of Wisconsin‚ and he would accuse everyone of being a communist. This was going on during the Red Scare of 1919. People began to know that they couldn’t believe him because he began blaming many officials including some high ranked army soldiers. Many plays‚ books‚ and sonnets do not just have one thing tied into them
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McCarthyism in The Crucible In The Crucible‚ written by Arthur Miller‚ the madness of the Salem witch trials is explored in great detail. There is more to the play than the witch trials‚ though. The Crucible was composed during a time when a similar hysteria was sweeping through America. A virtually unkown senator by the name of Joseph McCarthy was propelled into infamy when while at a speaking engagement at thee Republican Women’s Club of Wheeling‚ West Virginia he charged 205 persons in the U.S
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Both “The Crucible” and McCarthyism are based on similar circumstances of people of high power who make accusations with no evidence to prove why a suspect should be punished for a certain crime‚ usually dealing with treason or a subversion crime. In addition‚ in the play called “The Crucible‚” created by a well-known American author‚ Arthur Miller‚ is based on the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693‚ where people were tried and hung if found guilty of the crime of witchcraft
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It is common knowledge that Author Miller wrote The Crucible as a reaction to a tragic time in our countries history. The McCarthy hearings‚ as they came to be known‚ which dominated our country from 1950 to 1954‚ where hearings in which many‚ suspected of being related to communism‚ where interviewed and forced to give up names of others‚ or they where imprisoned‚ and their names were black listed. There are several parallels between the McCarthy Era‚ and the time of the Salem which trials. One
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world destruction that existed in the McCarthy Era‚ was also clearly present in The Crucible with its deeply religious nature. American society during the McCarthy Era had a great fear of the Communists because they believed that the Communists wanted nuclear war‚ which meant the destruction of America and the rest of the world. On the other hand‚ communists did not yet exist in the time period that The Crucible took place in. Instead‚ the deeply religious nature of the theocratic town of Salem is
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and abundant amount of sexual assault charges that have been dealt out to today’s popular celebrities. Now‚ this isn’t the first time that a ton of accusations has happened. Arthur Miller wrote a play back in the 50s during the time of McCarthyism called the crucible. His play was to show that a ton of people were being accused of communism just like they were for witchcraft in Salem. So now the pattern continues but in a whole different way. Yes‚ these things differ from each other in many ways‚ but
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Emily McDonald Shop on the Main Street shot list 1. 1:32:22 – 1:32:35 Shot starts with wide shot of Tono lighting a match in a dark room. Mrs. Lautmannova is asleep on the bed right next to him. He begins to shake her awake calling her name. She awakes‚ startled and asks who it is as she turns and reaches for the light. 2. 1:32:35 – 1:32:39 Wide shot from slightly behind Mrs. Lautmannova. Tono urgently tells her‚ while she is sitting up in bed‚ that he has come to warn her. 3. 1:32:39 – 1:32:42
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However‚ we have not only repeated it on various occasions‚ but through Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ we also see the parallel of the event with the Salem Witch hunts that took place years before the hearings. The connection between The Crucible and the McCarthy Hearings is not an isolated one‚ but can also be made with other historical and current events that are happening today. Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible in response to The McCarthy Hearings. These two events can be connected in many ways; for
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