The Crucible & Holocaust
The Holocaust and The Crucible
Imagine someone's parents accusing them of eating their left overs. They know they were not around, so they could not have eaten them. But their siblings happen to blame them for it, and their parents believe their siblings over them. Since they “took” their parent's left overs they are now on punishment. That person had to deal with a very similar, but nowhere near as severe punishment that the victims of the Salem Witch Trials and the Jews during the Holocaust had to go through. There are many ways in which the witch trials and the Holocaust are similar. For starters, the victims of both cases were innocent of any crime. They are both great examples of being scapegoated for things they were not responsible for. Miller perceives a correlation between the witch trials and the Holocaust for scapegoating and destruction which obviously occurred in both cases. Additionally, both are examples of societies allowing certain atrocities to occur without being stopped by anyone until it becomes overly drastic. Hitler and Judge Danworth were trying to remove a group of people due to fear of that group's power. Furthermore, both of the incidents were caused in part by economic opportunities. To clarify, the Nazis took advantage of the destruction they caused upon the Jews by confiscating their homes and valuables, and the Salem farmers denounced their neighbors as witches and proceeded to snatch their lands. Continuing, in both cases the parties were discriminated against for not conforming to norms of their society. The people were victimized in each incident. Hitler attempted to destroy all of the Jews because they had different views on religion than he did. The people of Salem who were accused of witchcraft were victimized because they lived their lives differently than their neighbors. Also, another similarity between the two is the repercussions. The authorities found themselves getting caught up in the things they had done. As the
Imagine someone's parents accusing them of eating their left overs. They know they were not around, so they could not have eaten them. But their siblings happen to blame them for it, and their parents believe their siblings over them. Since they “took” their parent's left overs they are now on punishment. That person had to deal with a very similar, but nowhere near as severe punishment that the victims of the Salem Witch Trials and the Jews during the Holocaust had to go through. There are many ways in which the witch trials and the Holocaust are similar. For starters, the victims of both cases were innocent of any crime. They are both great examples of being scapegoated for things they were not responsible for. Miller perceives a correlation between the witch trials and the Holocaust for scapegoating and destruction which obviously occurred in both cases. Additionally, both are examples of societies allowing certain atrocities to occur without being stopped by anyone until it becomes overly drastic. Hitler and Judge Danworth were trying to remove a group of people due to fear of that group's power. Furthermore, both of the incidents were caused in part by economic opportunities. To clarify, the Nazis took advantage of the destruction they caused upon the Jews by confiscating their homes and valuables, and the Salem farmers denounced their neighbors as witches and proceeded to snatch their lands. Continuing, in both cases the parties were discriminated against for not conforming to norms of their society. The people were victimized in each incident. Hitler attempted to destroy all of the Jews because they had different views on religion than he did. The people of Salem who were accused of witchcraft were victimized because they lived their lives differently than their neighbors. Also, another similarity between the two is the repercussions. The authorities found themselves getting caught up in the things they had done. As the