and times‚ people were used as escape goats. The people accused‚ usually ended up with the “bad end of the stick”. The Salem Witch Trials‚ The Red Scare‚ and Pearl Harbor are all events in history when people were profiled and treated unfairly‚ and we can learn from these events. During the Salem Witch Trials‚ many people were profiled and treated and unfairly. In the town of Salem‚ the Reverend was Samuel Parris. His niece Abigail daughter Betty were having behavior issues and fell ill. The village
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Between the months of June to September of 1692‚ the infamous witch trials in Salem‚ Massachusetts resulted in the hanging of 19 men and women; the deaths of five others‚ including two children‚ while imprisoned in jail; the pressing to death of an 80-year old man‚ and the stoning of two dogs for collaborating with the Devil. Hundreds of others faced accusations and dozens more were jailed for months during the progress of the trials. For over three hundred years these events have not only captured
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Abigail Williams is the very antithesis of the Puritan people of Salem. They are religious‚ she is not. They have to repress their desires‚ with a creed that “forbade anything resembling a theatre or ‘vain enjoyment’”‚ and she does not. She goes on to try to seduce John Proctor‚ having had an affair with him before. I get the impression that she is a very dissembling person. One moment‚ she can be very innocent and the next‚ she can be very aggressive and manipulative. When talking to her uncle
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Reputation: An exploration of the fear of losing reputation within the Salem Society. Good afternoon‚ today I will be presenting my IOP. I have chosen to base it upon Arthur Millers’ novel ‘The Crucible’‚ which references back to the Salem Witch trials in 1692. There are many themes in Arthur Miller’s ’The Crucible’‚ like intolerance‚ empowerment‚ honor‚ hysteria and paranoia‚ legal affairs‚ such as accusations and confessions as well as several references to McCarthyism. However the theme
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well as similarities. One could say that Guantanamo Bay and the legal process/human rights aspects of the Salem witch trials are insanely similar but very different. They are right-there are many similarities and difference between the two. Guantanamo Bay is a detention camp to keep prisoners that are supposedly linked to terrorism held captive while they are caught during war. Now‚ for the Salem witch trials puritans were all about God and making sure that if you are not with God you are with the Devil
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The Crucible Act IV 32. Salem has been affected by these several months of court proceedings‚ and they are falling apart. Because so many are in jail‚ children and animals run free. Everyone is confused and frightened by the extent to which the trials have been taken and fear that they will be accused next. 33. Parris’ real reason for pleading the postponement of the executions to save his own reputation and position in the town. 34. Danforth is anxious to obtain confessions because He knows
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lurking behind every corner and the reason behind all misfortunes being the result of some sin‚ when the cry of witchcraft rung through the town via the lips of Abigail Williams people were more than willing to believe that the devil was alive in Salem. But was it solely due to Abigail that the events that followed and consequently the witch trials took place? Though the primary offender it is not her actions alone that provoked nor exacerbated the situation. There were many others involved that
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The Salem Witch Trials Vs. Arthur Miller’s The Crucible: Deborah Livingston The Salem Witch Trials in 1692 had a significant impression on American History and the Massachusetts Colony of Salem. 20 people were killed in the midst of this tragedy; 19 were hanged and one was crushed to death. Researchers still have heated discussions about the cause and effect of the 1692 Salem Witch Trials. This article analyzes the historical accuracy of “The Crucible” and the actual events that occurred within
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Elliot Anderson Cox IB Junior English 13 October 2014 Wind‚ Rain and Hale: The Man Who Took Salem by Storm Reverend John Hale‚ from Arthur Miller ’s The Crucible‚ is a Puritan minister from Beverly who is called to Salem to investigate the accusations of witchery. He plays a significant part within the play and you witness his transformation from [he is transformed from a; you is second person‚ which is informal] seemingly knowledgeable professor of the invisible world to a weeping pile of
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This is the diary of Abigail Williams. September 5th‚ 1692 Dear Diary‚ A few days ago I committed one of the worst sins I could have.. I have slept with a man before marriage.. Not only did I sleep with a man before marriage‚ he was a married man. I should go and repent and feel sorry for what I have done‚ but I can’t I just can’t for I do not feel sorry or feel I have done anything wrong. I know it’s wrong but I really do love John Procter! i never want to forget that it happened so I’m going
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