McCarthyism in the 1950’s was the practice of broadcasting allegations of political treachery or rebellion with inadequate regard to evidence. The events that took place in the 1950’s concerning McCarthyism are what inspired Miller to write his play on the Salem witch trials of 1692. The fear of repeating the horrors of the past pushed him to try and open the eyes of those who seemed to be following a dangerous path. The Crucible and McCarthyism both contain instances of false accusation, wrongly gained power, and mass hysteria. Similarly to the Salem witch trials, McCarthyism started in a time of great fear, but instead of fearing witches that made pacts with the Devil, the people of the 1950’s feared communism.
(Billy and Connor 81-82) | - Billy and Connor, Allusions, Tangient LLC, Web. 16 July 2013 | It out herods Herod (3, 2,14) | It would be worse than when King Herod ranted. | It develops the theme of insanity in Hamlet because Hamlet is threatening the players with severe punishment for performing the play in a way that Hamlet did not intend. Hamlet was saying the punishment would, “out (…) Herod, in that it alludes to King Herod and the awful things that he proved himself capable of while he was King” (Hannah Henson 10-11). | - Henson, Hannah, Act 3 Symbols and Allusions-Tori, Blogger, 8 November 2012, Web.
Graphic Organizer | Introduction | What is your opinion on the topic posed? What other thoughts will you include in the opening of your opinion piece?I definitely think that the allure of power leads people to behave in poor and unethical ways. When power gets to people’s heads, they go crazy. Macbeth, the speaker in the Second Coming states that only powerful people are happy and dictatorships. | Body paragraphs (one paragraph per reason) | Three reasons why you feel that way and real-world examples or quotations for the text you will use as support: Reason 1: When Macbeth found out he had a chance at being king, he didn’t want to let anyone in his way.
Hamlet observes that “a king may go a progress through the guts of a begger.” Obviously, he has annoyed the King, the theme that he suggested as well is saying that the King is of no more importance than a beggar and is worth nothing. Suggesting that something as big has the same equal value of something big. 5. The King contrived Hamlet’s death by sending Hamlet away to England of which where Claudius has sent a letter telling the King to kill him. 6.
This speech is different from the others in that he uses very vivid and disturbing images when he is trying to convince the governor to surrender his city. Although this speech does use Henry’s same rhetoric he isn’t leading anyone in a sense. He actually says that if the city doesn’t surrender he will lose control of his army and they will go off and do whatever they want. Henry says, “ your infants spitted upon pikes”(38) which draws a not so pleasant image. It almost leads us to question Henry’s morals if he is willing to kill infants.
“The Detention Scandal” is an editorial taken from the America magazine. In this article, the authors show how national security is used as an excuse to keep the prisoners on the Guantanamo Bay. The authors try to prove how the fear of terrorism has blinded the U.S. government that it has made them deny the basic human rights. Everyone sees the wrong doings in Guantanamo Bay and knows it needs to be shut down but the fear of government to lose their “suspected” enemy combatants make it impossible. The authors use the different components of persuasion throughout the article.
A crucible is a pot this is designed to melt metals at extremely high temperatures and separate impurities from the pure. This is also true of the events of the play. Salem strongly believed that the devil had infiltrated their community through human agents and needed to be purified or destroyed. As the play develops we discover the irony of the title. Miller is not suggesting that these trials separated the pure from the impure or evil, but if fact created them by punishing the innocent.
The Dangers of Vigilante Justice Vigilante justice is like a wildfire. It starts with a small spark, where actions and events then fuel it into a flame that consumes everything in its path. The idea of taking law into one’s own hands quickly spreads to become the common mob mentality when one is angry or overcome with rage. This type of justice is demonstrated in Walter Van Tilburg Clark’s The Ox-Bow Incident. The central theme of justice is questioned through the actions of the lynching mob and is portrayed as ineffective because it overlooks important facts and evidence, proving that fair trial is necessary for proper justice.
John Proctor tried to keep his affair with Abigail from the court as long as possible until he pretty much had to break down and confess it. But instead of Abigail and the witch trials being exposed as a lie, Proctor is called a liar and then accused of witchcraft by the court. His sins being exposed destroyed him. THE CRUCIBLE is an excellent play that combines three basic ingredients for chaos. There wouldn't be any chaos without ideological insecurity, economic self-interest, and personal indiscretion throughout the characters.
Commentary by Cervantes is both biting and affectionate, but ultimately a criticism of idealism. Quixotism, a word derived from Don Quixote, is defined as the impractical pursuit of ideals. Quixote was once a gentleman from La Mancha, but books of chivalry have corrupted his mind, making him temporarily mad. In the book Don Quixote, Quixote’s misadventures are described in detail. One of the first indicators of the depth of Quixote’s madness is his attempt to fight a field of windmills he mistakes for giants, declaring, “Do you see over yonder my friend Sancho Panza, thirty or more huge giants?” (Cervantes 36).