To understand the mentality and actions of the girls portrayed in the Salem Witch Trials‚ we must first make connections between The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell‚ the play based on the trials‚ The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ and the HUAC hearing in the mid 1950’s. Historians have had trouble figuring out what caused the mass hysteria of witch hunts to happen‚ but most agree on the fact that the girls felt powerful being able to call anyone a witch and get away with it. Similar events transpired
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I believe that Americans have a choice whether they want to stand up for others or to stay neutral‚ we are not required to fight the battle of others but in my opinion we should help others in need. If you don’t stand up for justice of all people you are technically letting it happen but it doesn’t mean you support injustice or propose it upon others. If you see injustice happening what do you do? Do you step in or do you let it go? I think it depends on the situation‚ if it is someone that can’t
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What would you do if you accuse of witchcraft? Would you tell on you neighbor or on someone you hate? The author is miller. There was a problem of witchcraft in the town salem. A gruop of girls start to spread around of witchcraft. But the people start to find out there’s not really a thing of witchcraft. Deception and guilt are two main themes in the Crucible. Deception is the first main theme in the crucible. “There is a plot afoot subtle we should be criminals to ding to old respects
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and hanged as well. These actions are shown very clearly in Arthur Miller’s play‚ The Crucible. In this play‚ several teenage girls begin to accuse people they don’t like of witchcraft and pretend that they are being afflicted by them. The people of Salem all believe them and almost every person the “afflicted” girls accuse
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they did not commit and punished for it. What leads to this injustice? It can be because people have pride‚ greed‚ and hypocrisy driving them against others. Reverend Parris from the The Crucible had all the previous factors when he dealt with the Salem Witch Trials. Parris had was a very greedy man. He let greed lead him to his malpractice as a reverend. When Reverend Hale was talking to John Proctor on why he did not go to church Proctor revealed Parris’ request. “ Proctor: … It tells me that
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The play The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller connects to McCarthyism in the modern days and he makes it clear that manipulating others leads to people manipulating them. McCarthyism is the practice of making wrongdoing of disruption or treason without proper regard for evidence. It is also the practice of making unfair statements or using unfair investigative techniques‚ especially in order to restrict resistance political criticism. Part of McCarthyism was paranoia and finding a victim and blaming innocent
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this story and thus is characterized as such : crazy‚ obsessed‚ and truly a manipulative girl. "Why is she crazy?"you might ask. Abbie was single handedly a 17 year old girl that was the cause of many deaths in this witch hunting story set in Salem. She was a girl that wanted her way and so foolishly thought that by taking down her competition and being label the true and good girl she could. And in a way‚ this girl was truly right once everyone thought she was good and pure she held the power
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books were heavy because they were “weighted with authority” (Miller 36). This statement may sound prideful‚ but when the gravity of the situation and Hale’s importance to the citizens of Salem is factored in‚ Hale’s comment merely reflected the feelings of the town and the importance he has in it. To the Salem residents and Hale himself‚ his books could be life or death for some of the people living there. By the end of the play‚ Hale has undergone major developments and his opinion on the whole
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The Crucible written by Arthur Miller is set In Puritan New England town of Salem Massachusetts. The town gets very flustered after witchcraft is accused. The Reverend‚ Parris catches his daughter and a group of her friends dancing around in the forest. The daughter Betty falls into a coma. When rumors are spread about the town‚ the townspeople start accusing them of witchcraft. Paranoia is set into the town‚ so Reverend Hale is called upon who is an expert on witchcraft. Parris questions the ring
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Put yourself in Salem‚ Massachusetts back in 1692 being punished for the wicked games of witchcraft. Now imagine being preached at in a crowd full of awful sinners. Johnathan Edwards in “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”‚ tries to scare his readers into not sinning. He is also trying to persuade them to convert into pure Christians. Arthur Miller in‚ The Crucible compares McCarthyism in America to witchcraft in Salem. History was repeated when both Arthur Miller and Johnathan Edwards write the
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