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Witch Hunt Scarlet Letter
670 wordsAmerican literature often examines people and motives. In Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel, The Scarlet Letter, and in Aruthur Millers modern dramatic masterpiece, The Crucible, people and motives often depict patters of Puritans struggling for life during a shaky time. Two main characters from both pieces of works share the traits of a struggling Puritan as adulators. Even tough Hester and Abigail have similar traits, their sins differ dramatically and were punished differently. Hester Prynne is a w...
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End Of The Scene Goody Proctor
2,332 wordsThe Crucible is a play written by Arthur Miller, which is based on the true story of the Salem witch trails. Miller wanted theatre to heighten the awareness of what living in our time involves. Therefore, his play has many links with the modern world, McCarthyism for instance. Breaking it down into many smaller scenes, I will analyse Act 1 of The Crucible. I am doing this to explore the dramatic effect of character and action. The Crucible is a powerful drama and is strongly built to bring out t...
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People In The United States Witch Hunt
492 wordsFreedom in today's society is totally different from back when the witch trials were going on in Salem. By the people in the United States being able to do whatever we want to do whenever we want to do it. Compared to the people in Salem always being accused and checked up on for being a witch. The similarities in the United States and Salem would be that they are both losing some of their freedom's everyday. By not really being able to dance in Salem and in the Unites States not being able to f...
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Witch Hunt Soviet Union
707 wordsToday's yellow-bellied Liberals and insane pushers of the left-wing agenda are trying to convince us that the so-called McCarthyism, in sixties, was nothing but a modern day witch-hunt. But the buggers go even further they suggest that the Communism itself was based on the progressive ideas of equality. They say it was just being wrongly interpreted just like Christians suggest that the Inquisition was just a slight deviation from the shining truth. Well, let us remember what the Communism actua...
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Part Of American Falsely Accused
1,510 wordsSenator Joseph McCarthy (1) The history of twentieth century contains numerous examples of Communists actively striving to undermine socio-political stability in capitalist countries, by assassinating their political opponents, engaging in economic sabotage and sponsoring international terrorism. However, there are also many examples of governmental officials in Western countries being able to effectively deal with Communist infiltrators, while preventing them from destroying society's integrity...
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Salem Witch Trials Massachusetts Bay Colony
2,096 wordsSalem Witch Trials There is a hint of winter in the air. Dead leaves cover the ground. The wind whistles through bare tree branches. The moon shines with an unnatural brightness amid dark clouds. Soon it will be Halloween -- the annual holiday when sidewalks and streets fill with small (and not so small) goblins, ghosts, and witches. Witches are often figures of fantasy and imagination today. But there was a time in this country's history when witches and their craft were seen as real threats to...
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