authority or choosing to hold onto individuality‚ independence and freedom is right for them as an individual. This moral dilemma is displayed in the stage play ‘The Crucible’ by Arthur Miller written in 1953‚ based on the Salem witch hunts of Massachusetts in 1692 and the 1950s anti communist extremist of McCarthyism. The characters of the play are faced with moral dilemma of self righteousness and belonging to ones self or conforming and sacrificing their own beliefs to avoid persecution and isolation
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events of the Salem Witch Trials. In relation to that‚ many thousands of people were accused of being communists during the 1950s. The Crucible‚ written by Arthur Miller‚ was no coincidence to the Second Red Scare that also happened in the same time period. He compares the Salem Witch Trials to the Red Scare for their similar causes including fear and (second point) resulting horrendous consequences that were to be faced by the victims who were accused. First‚ both the Salem Witch Trials and the Red
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Between 1692 and 1693‚ twenty innocent citizens’ lost their lives in one community. These people were put on trial and given the choice to plead guilty or they die trying to prove their innocence. These trials were the Salem Witch Trials. Convicting those innocent citizens can be viewed as killing a mockingbird; mockingbirds are innocent and they don’t harm anyone. This is exactly what Harper Lee showed in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Harper Lee uses characters that have had innocence stripped
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From the Salem Witch Trials to today‚ the mystery of mass hysteria has baffled psychologist and researchers worldwide. Mass hysteria has posed a threat since young girls in Salem claimed that they were being witched‚ as told in the popular story‚ The Crucible. Over 300 years later researchers have came up with a definition for this peculiar outbreak and even have spilt the topic into two main categories. Causes of mass hysteria outbreaks are still unknown to researchers but they are using the recent
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SIENA HEIGHTS UNIVERSITY THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS: SOCIOECONOMICS‚ RELIGION‚ AND FEAR A PAPER SUBMITTED TO SISTER JEANNE LEFEBVRE FOR HISTORIOGRAPHY AND METHODOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY BY NICHOLAS KNEZEVICH ADRIAN‚ MICHIGAN MAY 2006 Abstract The Salem Witch Trials were caused by socioeconomic problems that were intertwined with the fabric that held early American life together: religion. Puritanism’s lack of set doctrine lent itself to the possibility of corrupt leadership
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Salem of Massachusetts in 1692 was the residence of a Puritan society accompanied by severe ethics. Along the troubles of trying to preserve agriculture in a cruel climate escorted by uneven ground‚ Salem also encountered political anarchy as well as economic disorder. In this specific society‚ a party of young women condemned an Indian slave girl of witchcraft. She‚ Tituba‚ confessed due to the harassment from the judiciary administration. Her confession stimulated a search for witches that left
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character that directly related to this situation is Thomas Putnam. In order revenge his children ’s dead‚ he increased his wealth and landholdings‚ and influenced society in which ever way he could. In additon‚ his immoral accusations have resulted from the death of many people. Thomas Putnam‚ the richest landower‚ is frustrating by his childrend ’s dead. He is always pretending to a generoal man in the salem. But‚ since his daughter Ruth was paralysed‚ he begun to accuss people for witchcraft‚ and
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because of the ranting of some crazy people. In the 1600’s‚ we had the Salem witch trials‚ and as described in the book‚ "The Crucible"‚ a group of girls falsely accuse their neighbors of witchcraft‚ and regular‚ innocent people are hung. Then‚ in the 1950’s‚ a man named Joseph McCarthy sparked a craze of accusing people‚ mainly government officials‚ of being communist‚ thus scarring their careers. The McCarthy hearing are similar to the Salem witch hunt because the accuser exaggerates and fabricates
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In Rosalyn Schanzer´s Witches! The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem‚ extreme disorder in civilization took place due to massive amounts of unjust witch accusations. In early 1692‚ mass chaos struck Salem Village‚ Massachusetts. In a ravenous sprint to gain revenge and play a game of kill-or-be-killed‚ approximately 200 people were accused of witchcraft. 20 of these were executed. Families turned on each other‚ civilians accused one another of unimaginable things‚ and all because of two
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Reasoning Behind the Salem Witch Trials Christianity: it is a religion that is meant to unify people under God’s rule. It is meant to be a religion of peace and sanctity. The 1692 Puritan colony in Salem‚ Massachusetts was anything but peaceful. The Salem Witch Trials had ensued‚ and led to the killings of nearly twenty people. All this chaos was started due to an unofficial government‚ disease and famine‚ and patriarchal gender roles. During the beginning of the Salem Witch Trials‚ there was no solid
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