At first sight Salt of the Earth and On the Waterfront seem two structurally independent and unrelated movies that only share some basic theme elements in their plot. However‚ analyzing both‚ side by side and frame by frame‚ can give us a more profound understanding of the American film industry‚ Hollywood in particular‚ and its relation to the McCarthyism in 1950s‚ a dark chapter in the US history. Salt of the Earth‚ directed by Herbert Biberman‚ is a 1954 blacklisted movie based on a true
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The Bell Jar was published in 1963. The book dealt heavily with mental health and how it was treated and perceived at the time. The Bell Jar touched on gender issues at the time and was described as a feminist novel. In the 1950’s numerous historical events took place and references to those events were made in the book. The story centered around a young woman named Esther Greenwood‚ who aspired to be a writer. The book started off in the summer of 1953 in New York‚ where Esther was an intern
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Background Information » The McCarthy hearings were trials in which Senator Joe McCarthy accused government employees of being Communists. He exaggerated and exploited the evidence and ruined many reputations. Blacklists were created and many employers refused to hire the suspected or accused. (If they did then they would be accused.) Due to the exaggerated evidence and the seriousness of the charges‚ the hearings struck fear in many Americans. Although at first popular‚ the public began to wonder
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childhood was harsh with a drunken cobbler father‚ who beat both mother and child‚ and in school was bullied as a child‚ Joseph Stalin grew up to be a bully himself” (Klehr). These events in Stalin’s childhood dramatically influenced the later events as an adult. Joseph Stalin had caused social injustice in Russia through two wars‚ during the Great Purge‚ and in the Russian government. Joseph Stalin used social injustice during World War II and during the Cold War. During World War II‚ Stalin killed many
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A congressional committee cleared Lattimore of the charges but in 1951 the senate reopened the investigation‚ with McCarthy claiming that Lattimore had perjured himself. McCarthy’s attacks against Lattimore continued. “Along the way McCarthy accused Lattimore of being ‘the top Russian espionage agent in the United States’”(Glass‚ web). Eventually Lattimore succeeded in having all the charges dropped. Unfortunately the false accusations ended Lattimore’s role as a State Department consultant. Lattimore
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death or blacklisting. Senator McCarthy‚ a corrupt
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during the Great Depression and the McCarthy Era influenced the societal and political views he expresses in his plays. Through his experiences‚ Miller came to believe that the common man should inherit the role of the tragic hero‚ previously reserved only for those of high stature. PURPOSE STATEMENT Through research and critical analysis of both Miller’s plays and essays‚ it will be proven that Arthur Miller’s experiences during the Great Depression and the McCarthy Era directly shaped his literary
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Miller consequently having to appear in front of the committee. When in front of this committee Miller would not name names or assist the committee in their struggles. The play was also said to be an attack on McCarthyism. McCarthyism was based on Joseph
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Joseph Brant was born in 1742 and his Indian name was Thayendanegea. Thayendanegea meaning he who places two bets. Joseph’s father was a sachem of the Iroquois Confederacy‚ which was to where the Mohawks belonged. Whereas Brant’s mother was not a Mohawk like his father. Brant did become a war chief but never rose to the rank of sachem. His parents were said to live at the Canajoharie castle in New York. Even though his family would have been a consideration and he was the grandson of one of the
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Imagine living in a society where everyone was constantly afraid of their spouses‚ cousins‚ uncles‚ co-workers and neighbors being communist spies. Now imagine hundreds if not thousands of people being accused of being communist spies and then having to go through trials were the person would often lose their jobs‚ lose their trust of the community and being arrested‚ without any solid evidence. Well that was an event that occurred to the people living in the 1940’s through 1950’s‚ this was called
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