housekeeper‚ a chain of accusations begin. To avoid death‚ Tituba accused others in the town causing each of the accused to place blame on others. The Crucible is a metaphor for the accusations made in the 1950’s during the Red Scare era. Senator Joseph McCarthy led the series of allegations with a list of people he felt were related somehow to communism. The list that was compiled grew as more people accused others for personal revenge. The continuous accusing went on until the original list of over 200
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investigating any allegations that were made about communist activity. Despite this groups efforts the United States was still in heightened fear of Communist overtaking or the possibility of becoming a nation similar to that of Russia’s. Senator Joseph McCarthy was a US senator from Wisconsin during this time period. He served for ten years‚ from 1947 until his death in 1957. He is most well-known for being particularly paranoid of communist efforts‚ regularly accusing people of communist behavior when
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the man refuses to help them even if they are in awful conditions. For example‚ they come across a random traveler who claims to be named Ely. When the son begs his father to help him‚ he says “I don’t think he should have anything” (McCarthy‚ 149). The father denies the stranger with any aid for he is too fearful of placing trust into anyone. He knows that the only way to survive is to selfishly carry out without giving even the smallest of assistance to any man‚ woman‚
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Which is Triumphant? In The Road‚ by Cormac McCarthy‚ it presents a dark view of humanity and its future. A boy and his father constantly mention the differences between “good guys” and “bad guys‚” trying their best to be the “good” ones. They are living during an apocalypse that is filled with evil‚ but the boy manages to do good deeds. Through the boy’s goodness‚ McCarthy shows that good ultimately triumphs over evil. Despite what the man thinks‚ the boy almost always convinces him to do what
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McCarthyism and the crack-down on the communists in the 1950’s During the Cold War‚ many people were victimized by the accusations put forth by Joseph McCarthy. The Cold War was a political‚ military‚ and diplomatic struggle that defined the second half of the twentieth century. Beginning almost immediately after the end of World War II‚ the Cold War did not come to an end until the downfall of the Soviet Union in 1991. While the United States and the Soviet Union were the primary nations involved
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Humanity and violence was the biggest theme in the story. Cormac McCarthy is the author of the book “The Road”. He’s one of the authors who write post-apocalyptic novels. He’s expressing that the world is in shambles with little humanity. In the book‚ there is a new world because the old world was way back in the past and now it has changed. There is dead everywhere‚ the world is dark because that is how the apocalypse is‚ and many humans have turn into savages trying to survive. There could be people
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metaphor to draw national attention towards the doings and executioners of the McCarthyism propaganda. Arthur Miller uses allegory in his play‚ The Crucible‚ to show the similarities between the Salem witch trials and the Red Scare. During the McCarthy era‚ freedom was a very important aspect in life; during the Salem witch trials‚ religion was a very important aspect of life. In both of these events‚ people are frightened. The Red Scare led to many people fearing others‚ thinking everyone was
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at one point the fear from Russia’s communists spread all over America‚ but of course with the help of media and that of some politicians. Senator Joe McCarthy used this climate of fear to foster modern day witch trials‚ in which he persecuted hundreds of innocent people‚ at a time when WWII had left US very
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classics as Robin Hood‚ Henry David Thoreau’s Civil Disobedience‚ and John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath. The post-war Red Scare is often called “McCarthyism‚” a name derived from one of the era’s most notorious anti-Communists‚ Senator Joseph McCarthy. Yet the anti-Communist crusade of the late 1940s and 1950s extended both in time and scope well beyond the activities of the junior senator from Wisconsin. Its roots can be traced to the mid-nineteenth century. As far back as 1848‚ when Karl Marx
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late 1940s and early 1950s. McCarthyism originated from the actions of U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy and lasted around 10 years. Senator McCarthy accused many Americans of being communists or communist sympathizers who were disloyal to their country because of their political beliefs. His actions combined with the communist expansion and Korean War brought on fears that led to a new Red Scare. McCarthy played on the fears of the people to obtain a higher political standing within the United State
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