Martha Cory. Mary Easty. Salem, of which he is said to be king, is very probably Jerusalem. Later, the Hebrews adapted another Canaanite name as an appellation for God. Similarly, fear is evident during McCarthyism from the fear of communist infiltration. Those associated with communism were terminated from their jobs and socially disregarded. Secondly, injustice was prevalent in both eras. During the Salem witch trials, witches were burnt.
In McCarthyism, any claim of communism resulted in jail term. This is because, in both eras, people turned their backs on the accused. Many events from the Salem witch trials symbolize events that occurred during the McCarthy hearings.
One, the accusation of witches without substantial evidence symbolizes McCarthyism of innocent people imprisonment. Thirdly, forcibly forcing accused to provide other names symbolizes McCarthyism when people were pressured to name communist. Fourth, fear of people testifying during Salem trials symbolizes McCarthyism when innocent people were imprisoned from not testifying. Finally, listing other people to prevent persecution symbolizes senator McCarthy pressuring naming to save themselves.
This has never been more evident then with the tragic events that happened with the Red Scare and the events in The Crucible. Both deal with mass hysteria and how accusers are given power and use that power for evil.
In both the accusers look down upon the rest of the society and just accuse away with your accusing finger. What we learn from both of these horrible events is that we should never look down upon others or accuse someone of committing an "immoral crime" without seeing or never or hearing what really happened. Fear is a common human emotion. However, people respond to it in different ways. This response is not always the best and can result in tragedy. During various instances in history has fear led people to do things later are regretted.
From the Salem witch trials, to McCarthyism to even modern political witch trials has fear played a big role in. The Salem Witch Trials can be compared to many historical events around the world.
The Holocaust is one of the most compared events to the Salem Witch Trials. These events are brought together by the facts that both of them were tragic and people died horrifically. Neither of these events were handled in a way that was beneficial for their economies. The Moral Transition of Reverend John Hale Generally speaking, if given the opportunity to express their greed, people take out their greed on other people. The accusations created chaos all across Massachusetts, and eventually led to the creation of a special court to hear the Witchcraft cases History Channel.
The hysteria finally came to an end, but not soon enough, for 20 people were killed, and over where accused Brooks, 1. Although there has not been a proven source of why the girls in Salem started the which-craft hysteria, but there are a few theories that could possibly explain it.
The first theory is that the girls were simply bored. According to history list, life in the s was dull, so the girls might have created these rumors for fun. Another theory is that the citizens of Salem consumed Ergot, a fungus that grows on rye Historylist.
Ergot can cause spasms and hallucinations, which could have been seen as demons or witches University of Hawaii at Manoa. Giles was crushed to death for not answering the court's questions. The reason why Giles did not give an answer in court when asked about his connections to the devil was so his land would not go to the government after his death.
In real life, however, Giles was known to be a violent man. Giles was prosecuted and fined for beating a farm hand to death in Brooks, 1. Martha Corey was Giles' third wife. She had a mixed son with another man, which caused her divorce. Martha's name was blacked by this incident, although she attended church regularly Lewis, 1. John was a basic farmer, and lived a simple life.
In real life, John owned a bar, named Proctor Tavern Brooks, 1. In the movie, John is a pretty peaceful guy, but according to Rebecca Brooks, he beat Mary Warren when she began her fits. Abigail was around 11 years old during the time of the trials.
Also, in the movie, she is referenced to be Rev.
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