the Crucible is a fictional play that centers around the Salem Witch Trials. The novel can also be classified as an example of an allegory. The allegorical meaning of the Crucible is that it can be a representation of the Red Scare‚ the HUAC‚ and McCarthyism. The Red Scare was the promotion of fear of the potential rise of communism after World War II. Communism was the abolition of the power of people over people‚ where the government holds all assets. Many people in America feared that they
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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 similarity one will see is what I call the scare factor. Another parallel between the two groups is the "everybody is doing it" mentality. One also sees a parallel in the lives that were ruined in both eras because of the accusations and punishments. Both those accused in The Crucible and those
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Period 7 Lee AP English 11 1/18/11 Drag Me Down To Hell It is obvious that the role of preachers is to convert the unconverted and teach his congregation the ways of righteousness; however some preachers use tactics of using fear as a means to scare their congregation into conversion. One such Preacher who used fear to his advantage was Jonathan Edwards. Edward’s most famous sermon which he delivered on a trip to the congregation at Enfield‚ Connecticut was a perfect example of the use of the
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around the world. Because of this America went through a period called the Red Scare‚ where Americans feared the spread of Communism to America. Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Venzetti were two Italian immigrants who were tried and put to death for a double murder and robbery in South Braintree Massachusetts. Because of the Red Scare and many other factors these men were wrongly accused and put to death. ! Because of the Red Scare people were paranoid that
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Jessica: Let’s build the tent here‚ its nearby river that we can get water easily. Louis:Are you sure here?I see that is some weird stack of rock here‚can we change to the another place? Mandy:Don like a timid fellow‚you are a boy.Even though we are no scare of this kind of thing. Cassie:Yaya‚Louis you better go wear skirt don wear the pants. Ken:He is such timid since I know him.Don surprise of it. Narrator:After they build the camp‚they divided their job for searching suitable source that can be use
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I have it in me so much nearer home To scare myself with my own desert places” (13-16). No person or thing will ever scare him back into a lonely state of mind and he will certainly find meaning in everything he sees. He professes that WE as a society are the sole reason of our own downfalls‚ that meaning or lack thereof is the only thing that will scare us. The speaker overcomes his fear of a meaningless‚ lonely life in hopes that we will do the
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little kid‚ I have always loved horror movies. This genre of movies interests me‚ because you are constantly kept on the edge of your seat. I think when you take a look at various horror films and compare them; you will notice an array of different scare tactics/methods. You will also notice many cliché ideas that a lot horror flicks have in common. I will point these ideas out in detail‚ when I compare The Dawn of The Dead horror flick released in 1978‚ with the one released in 2004; Two and a half
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is why it is something that needs to be paid attention to. If a company ignores there workers the workers may feel neglected and revolt against there employers. The productivity of the company greatly reduced because of human breaches and entire scare floors having to be shut down‚ and because of this the morale of the workers greatly reduced Laughter is actually the most productive use of the natural resource of children. When "Boo" escaped through her closet into Monstropolis Mike and Sully
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Treaty of Versailles which consequently‚ lead to the refusal to make the USA a member of the league of nations even though America had been the key stone towards this. The hostility shown towards many immigrants was due to many reasons such as; The Red Scare‚ Social Fears‚ Religious Fears‚ World War One‚ Anti-immigrant feeling and Immigration Laws. The ‘American Dream’. This was something that vast numbers of immigrants were seeking when they abandoned their motherlands and headed across the Atlantic
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years‚ the Red Scare‚ and the Black List. Joseph McCarthy was born in 1908. He was the fifth put of seven children. When Joseph was young he was not very popular. He was normally very shy and awkward when it came to talking to people. After grade school‚ he became a chicken farmer. When his career of being‚
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