Context - The Crucible At the time of the Crucible’s first performance‚ audiences perceived the play as a parallel to McCarthyism‚ led by Joe McCarthy‚ whose job was to hunt down Communists and root them out. Many public figures—including actors and film directors—were brought before the committee and asked if they were Communists and to name anyone they thought was a Communist. If they refused to do so‚ they were presumed guilty. There is also a parallel to what was going on in the play‚ with the
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Conflicts and Family Grudges In today’s world family could mean a lot of things; two moms; two dads; no dad; no mom; only grandparents. But in all families there is both love and hate. Love for their own kin‚ and hate for their neighbors. Even in Roman time their was love and hate. We see this is William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Today’s world and the old world these love hate relationships conflict another’s plans. At what point does conflict come up with one family grudges? This question is
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Scripted Role Play: Historical Empathy Sun Yat-Sen – ‘Father of the Chinese National Revolution’ Sun Yat-Sen was a revolutionary nationalist who believed that the only way that China could move forward in the early 1900’s was to become a republic and adopt the west’s traditions in industry and agriculture. He was convinced that unless China did this‚ the nation was going to remain behind and backwards against dominant western powers. He led China into a revolution overthrowing the crippled
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THE MASS HYSTERIA IN SALEM In The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller illustrates the hysteria the town of Salem undergoes when those are accused of withcraft. In The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller describes the panic in Salem when the town is accused of whichcraft. Once the girls are caught in the woods dancing‚ the whole town starts to accuse others to save their own lives. Once everyone is being accused‚ Abigail sees this as a perfect time to finally be with John Proctor and accuses his wife
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The Crucible Essay Hysteria overshadowed logic and enabled the townspeople to think that their neighbors were acting out senseless and unbelievable crimes like dealing with the devil & murdering babies. In The Crucible‚ the townsfolk accepted and became active in the hysterical outbreak not only out of religious loyalty‚ but also because it gave them a chance to express repressed attitudes & to act on long-held grudges. The most obvious case was Abigail‚ who used the circumstances to call out
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"...Thou shalt not bear false witness. [He is stuck. He counts back on his fingers‚ knowing one is missing.] Thous shalt not make unto thee any graven image" "You have said that twice‚ sir." (page 67) Speakers: John Proctor and Reverend Hale Irony: Situational Explanation: When Hale asked Proctor to recite the 10 commandments‚ he literally forgot that adultery is a commandment‚ considering his affair with Abigail being a prime example of adultery and the fact that he forgot to recite it. "We
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Moore 3rd Period 2/26/2014 Mass Hysteria Achoo! I bet your thinking about sneezing now‚ but wait. When you do‚ that will put everyone you are around at a risk of sneezing. Why you might ask? It is quite simple‚ it’s because I am magic. Don’t believe me? Go ahead and sneeze. Once you do‚ if there is a crowd around‚ it is guaranteed that at least one more person will follow you up. Ok I may have lied; I am in fact not magic. This is indeed only a theory of mass hysteria. This theory is one that by dictionary
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like anyone before or after there were the people who rebelled because they didn’t fit into a society role or mold of what they were supposed to represent in Puritan Culture. “Adultery‚ John” (Miller‚ The Crucible‚ 1302) In these stories we are shown that women throughout a majority of history have
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After studying Arthur Miller’s play‚ The Crucible‚ I have come to the conclusion that the three people most to blame for the witch hysteria and the subsequent death of innocent people are Abigail Williams‚ Reverend Parris‚ and the judge Hathorne. Each of these people‚ in some way‚ caused harm to blameless people‚ and I will‚ in this essay‚ explain what these people‚ knowingly or unknowingly did to contribute to the death of the innocent people hanged as witches in Salem Village in 1692. Abigail
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McCarthyism and The Crucible It has been said many times that if people don’t learn from their mistakes they are doomed to repeat them‚ such is the case throughout history. There are many different examples of this‚ but one example is the blatant similarities between the witch trials in Salem‚ Massachusetts and the era of McCarthyism. When considering the nature of these events‚ it is hard to believe that they could have actually happened‚ not would only once‚ but twice. If one would take the
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