While these two events were decades apart they had many similarities. They both began from false accusations, both spread unnecessary panic, and both used fear to gain power. The Salem Witch Hunts were a cause of mass hysteria that came from accusations made by Abigail Williams, Betty Paris, Mercy Lewis, and Tituba. These girls were caught dancing in the woods and accused of being witches due to some of their peculiar behavior which included screaming, bending into awkward positions, and making strange sounds. To keep themselves out of trouble the girls said other women in the community were practicing witchcraft.
The Majority of women upheld these expectations during the Second World War. In 1942, there were 28 million homemakers married women. Form the start women of this era were taught this, taught that marriage and having a well-kept home was the most important things in life. The one and only real role for the women of the 40s was to fill the role of glamorous mum, cook, laundress, cleaner, dishwasher, nurse, and finally hostess but this way of life would slowly become rare itself do to the
So when the proceedings of the witch trials come to town the Putnam s take that as a way to take Rebecca down. They accuse her of killing their babies be conjuring up her spirit and killing them before they come out of the womb. Unfortunately for Rebecca she fall victim to the mass hysteria in Salem, and is thrown I jail because of it. So being the good Christian she is when Judge Danforth asks her to confess she does not. Rebecca Nurse one of the kind and innocent people in the Crucible fall from power do to the happening of the Salem Witch
They made life miserable for those accused and did not stop, even when they had had their “fun”. The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, draws obvious parallels between the 1950’s Red Scare and the witch-hunts that took place in Salem of 1692. Miller connects the hysteria brought about through accusations thrown around by both Senator McCarthy and Abigail Williams by emphasizing how much power their groups hold over everyone. During the times of the Salem Witch Trials and the Red Scare, fear ruled those unfortunate enough to be involved in nearly any conflict. Be it fear of witchcraft or communism,the fact is that it swept throughout the early and post-industrial United States.
Due to the fact that Elizabethans were afraid of evil, the odd people in communities started being accused of witchcraft. Witchcraft had a great impact of the daily and social lives of the Elizabethans. Soon neighbors slung accusations at each other and started ruckus all over England. Children rolled on the floor having convulsions and blaming random people for hexing or possessing them (Saintives). Anyone with odd names, weird looks, or were found mumbling chants, were accused of witchcraft and were put to death.
Because john stayed with his wife and didn’t, or couldn’t, leave her to be with Abby it drove Abby mad. She started this witch scare so she could call Goodie Proctor a witch and she would either be sentenced to death or put in jail. Today people get married and divorced within weeks. Weather this is a good or bad thing is your own opinion. In the crucible many people were branded as witches.
As an Iraqi women living in El Nahra, in 1954 and having befriended an American woman such as Beeja, I would have learned a great deal about the customs of American women; however, I would still struggle with understanding the customs of the United States and the reasons why they do what they do. First off, Iraqi woman are hard-working, devoted wife’s and mothers, good cooks and housekeepers, quiet, obedient companions to their husband, and our reputation for fidelity is un-reproachable. American women do not care for their own mothers, can’t cook, can’t clean, are not obedient to their husbands, and are very provocative. They don’t even where the Abaya and an “uncovered women is an immoral women” (pg. 6).
All they were allowed to do was stay home and clean and take care of the kids if they had any. Most women were getting bored of just sitting around. They wanted a friendship outside of there house. Curley’s wife is a perfect example of this. During the1900’s only 20% of women over ten years of age worked outside of their home.
The whole story is about a group of girls who were telling lies and accusing people of witchcraft. The cause for this whole thing was personal grudges and rivalries between certain people. The Salem witch trials were all about jealousy, grudges & rivalries. People in the town had bad information on other people in the town and that lead to the town being destroyed. Innocent people died because of
Up to now in this story it seems like half of the town has been accused of witchcraft, but it gets worse. Martha Corey was accused because she thought the town and everyone in the church was insane blaming all the innocent people for things that were out of their control. She also thought the girls they were listening to were fools and she thought they were even bigger fools for listening to children. She told the court that she was innocent; she didn’t know what a witch was. They simply told her that how could she not know if she was one if she didn’t know what a witch is.