...The Salem Witch Trials and The Holocaust were two distinct events. They happened in different times but still have many similarities. Both of these events were a horrific event in our history, had a terrible ruler, and had things wrong with society and the townspeople. Both the Salem Witch Trials and The Holocaust were catastrophic events that happened in our history. Many things happened in these two “extreme, tragic events.” (Alex, paragraph 1) The Salem Witch Trials are “great examples of innocent people getting scapegoated for things they were not responsible for.” (wikiAnswers Community, slide 6) In the “Crucible”, these women and men were accused of witchery when they were completely innocent. In the Holocaust, Jews, Gypsies,...
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...It seems as if the Salem Witch Trials and the Holocaust would have little in common.They occurred at totally different periods in history. The Salem Witch trial and the Holocaust have things in common, many people were killed in both of these events. The Salem Witch Trials took place in 1692 where over 200 people were accused of witchcraft (History.com). It all started with a group of girls dancing in the woods and then rumors started around town that they were conjuring spirits (History.com). It had got to the point where if someone did not like another person then they would lie and say that they other person was a witch just so they would be killed (History.com). Series of investigations and persecution caused 19 people to be convicted (Miller 1124). If someone would do anything strange then they would be automatically accused of conjuring spirits and they are possessed by the devil ( History.com). It started family feuds and innocent people were killed (History.com)....
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...The Holocaust and The Salem Witch Trials are two major events in history that are studied today. The Holocaust and The Salem Witch Trials have many similarities. These events are alike because of the accusations, a certain group of people, and the innocent lives that were taken. In 1692, in Salem, Massachusetts, a mass hysteria of witchcraft came about because of a group of girls(The Crucible, miller, arthur). The mass hysteria caused numerous but different reactions. Many of the reactions were having fits and outbursts, random screaming, and claims of being possessed(The Crucible miller, arthur).During this time, over two hundred people were accused and twenty people were killed.(The Crucible miller, arthur). Rumors had spread throughout the town about witchcraft and many had accused others, so they could have their land. (History.com) The Holocaust went on from 1933-1945 and six million of innocent Jews were killed(History.com). The Holocaust was during World War ll and Adolf Hitler, the leader of the Nazis, had blamed the Jews for the country's defeat(wikipedia). Adolf...
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...The Salem Witch Trials and the Holocaust show the darker sides of humanity. The past is riddled with dark intents.There are things in past that humanity would rather forget for humans have done shamed ourselves throughout history .Both the Salem Witch Trials and the Holocaust show variants of the darker side of humanity. Salem Witch Trials and Holocaust both brought one playing card to the table mass hysteria(Riley loomis). Both of these things both punished and alienated the people that were believed were different(Riley loomis). The Holocaust caused a great pain for many years past the actual event,but unlike The Holocaust the Salem Witch Trials the pain didn't last that long(Riley loomis). In the Holocaust almost 6 million were put in concentration camps or plain out killed(Riley loomis). In the Salem Witch Trials almost 200 people were accused but at least only 19 people were hanged for it(Riley loomis). Both jews and the the so called witches were seen as easy targets(Riley loomis)....
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...Does the Salem Witch Trials that took place in 1692 and The Holocaust that took place in 1933 have many things in common? The Salem Witch Trials and The Holocaust have many things in common, many innocent people were killed in both events and they became known in the towns they took place in. The Holocaust took place in 1933 where 6 million Jews were killed. The leader of the Nazi group was Adolf Hitler. The Nazis would imprison people for no reason and kill people who had mental illness(Ushmm.org). The Holocaust was marked with a yellow star, because it meant a symbol of Nazi persecution and inscribed with the word “Jude”. “Don’t be deluded. Hitler has made it clear that he will annihilate all Jews before the clock strikes 12”-(Elliewiesel.wight)...
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...The Salem witch Trials can be compared to other historical events in history when social/political norms disintegrate for a period of time. Compare one of them to the Salem witch trials. CITE REFERENCES. The Salem witch trial started because of the seven girls that were up at the forest dancing. Unaware of what was happening reverend Parris burst into the scene at that time and caught the girls dancing, but the girls all ran away when they noticed reverend Parris’s presence. After the girls escaped they started to fall sick, then with the pressure and post on the line reverend Parris being to suspect the girls of conjuring spirit’s the last time he saw them at the forest because of the way they were dancing at the woods and also because of their reaction after they ran away from the forest. But when he confronted his niece Abigail Williams she denies that she and the other girls engaged in any witch craft. But later on when she was pressure and confronted again she falsely confessed and accused Tituba of conjuring the spirit while they were dancing, to be safe and not be persecuted she too falsely accused Goody Osburn and Sara Good of witch craft, because the consequences she will face. In the case of Abigail Williams false accusation on people she was trying to get rid of people that are in her way in order to achieve a goal, like Elizabeth Proctor and this was what caused people their lives because of jealously...
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...Ben Arsenault October 29, 2015 In colonial Massachusetts in 1692, a series of witch trials took place in a town called Salem. Many theories point out the reasoning for this witch hunt, some say it was due to the belief in evil. Others say, the people in Salem were just acting, or maybe, it was a lack of knowledge. In events like the holocaust, post 9/11, and McCarthyism & the red scare, similar theories can explain the causes.This presents, that the reasons for the Salem witch trials are those same reasons for “witch hunts” throughout history. The belief in evil had a major role in the Salem, Massachusetts witch trials. After just one person in the village became ill and the doctor who evaluated that person said that it was not a sickness,...
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...The Crucible and the Holocaust Deyang Hsu Throughout history, discriminatory accusations and persecutions have alway taken an undeniable role in our lives. No matter the scale of these accusations, they do mold our lives significantly. Similarly, these things can also cost the lives of people, and in a few cases; a really significant amount. The two most memorable crisis of discriminatory accusations which ultimately led to the ruin of a whole group or ethnicity of people are the Salem Witch Trials and The Holocaust. They’re intimately tied with each other; for that the true nature and starting points of them were the same- they all happened accompanied with having scapegoats, discrimination, and they ultimately all ended up in...
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...act and it had an influence in different societies throughout history like the 2016’s the creepy clowns scaring people, 1940’s the holocaust eliminating jews, and the 1400’s-1600’s European witch hunt finding witches. In the 1990’s the holocaust was a tragic event where many lives were lost. It was caused by a man called Hitler and he was the one who made it all happen. He showed mass hysteria to people about jews. A reason why hitler targeted jews is because a book that came...
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...The Crucible vs. The Holocaust: Compare and Contrast Essay Throughout history, millions of people have been unjustly persecuted. In the 1940s, The Holocaust became one of the most famous genocides known to man. Also, the witch hangings that took place during the 1600s in Salem are another prime example of people being wrongfully accused and punished. Although the two circumstances have numerous differences, the amount of similarities is appalling. As the leader of the party, had an enormous amount of control over people and the decisions they made. Because had convinced them that the world would be a better place once all of the Jewish people had been killed, The soldiers were torturing and ing millions of Jewish people. In the similar situation written about in The Crucible, Abigail Williams convinced the town of Salem that select people throughout the town were practicing witchcraft. A trial was held to determine if the people were actually witches, and Abigail found she had great power when she blamed the people of her town. Despite the fact that Abigail was a child, the s listened to her accusations and were convinced that she was telling the truth. Amongst the children is where Abigail’s influence was the greatest. In every situation she found herself in with the others, Abigail only had to lead the way in order for the s to follow. Both Abigail and have parallel characteristics that enable them to have power over people’s ideas and opinions. Besides sharing similar traits...
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...sound that was all too common during the 1950’s, or otherwise known as the McCarthy Era. The “threat” of Communist infiltration and nuclear holocaust was at an all-time high. It was a time of fear and paranoia for everyone, and it wasn’t just from the threat of the Communists. There was a nationwide search for Communists, Communist sympathizers, and even anyone who acted suspicious. There was no requirements for an accusation, which led it to become a modern day witch hunt. This idea of the McCarthy Era being a modern day witch hunt is what countless historians, authors, and poets have tried to relate. Which means there is no surprise that Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is an allegory for the Red Scare and the McCarthy Era as well. To start off, the background of The Crucible was awfully similar to that of the McCarthyism Era, making it viable grounds for creating an allegory....
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...I think the Jews as a whole can be represented by Martha Corey, Elizabeth Proctor, and Rebecca Nurse. All of the women had done nothing to deserve being condemned as a witch and eventually being hung. Reverend Hale at the end of the play even admits they are innocent, “It is a lie! They are innocent”(Miller 1224). The Jews were just as innocent, but were still murdered because of their religion. Not only were Jews killed during World War Two but the disabled were also sent to concentration, and death camps. Sarah Good best represents this group of people, because when she was condemned as a witch no one cared since she was crazy. Unfortunately, the same goes for the disabled being killed in the camps. Some of the Jews did not go down without a fight which represents Giles Corey, who in the face of death said only two words, “More Weight”(Miller 1227). One example of rebellion being the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Germans began going through the ghettos for the last time and gathering the citizens to be sent to concentration camps, or killed. In this ghetto a group, of both men and women, fought the Germans for a month until...
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...and The Lottery, The Crucible shows the different options that individuals are able to choose while in bad situations. The Crucible is an American play written by Arthur Miller, that shows the time of hysteria that took place during the Salem Witch Trials. As a result of the young girls continuing their cries about certain individuals being associated with the devil, several of the accused witches were hanged. Some of the girls and villagers who accused others were motivated by fame in other villages or personal gain and were all equally guilty of continuing the pattern of accusing innocent people. Despite being unfairly accused of affiliating themselves with the devil, some individuals, such as Rebecca Nurse, accepted punishment instead of proclaiming themselves as guilty. Rebecca Nurse was as well known as the most respected individuals in Salem due to her kindness and charity. Accusations towards her made some individuals question the certainty of the claims, but once Hale said “[that if] Rebecca Nurse be tainted, then nothing’s left to stop the whole green world from burning” (Miller 71) she was soon given the same treatment as the other wrongly accused, and was publicly hanged. This shows how overwhelmingly powerful the hysteria was in Salem, and that even prominent villagers were not to be acquitted from such claims. After the girls realized the power and respect they gained by having visions that claimed to “cleanse this town properly” (Miller 150), they had two choices of...
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...First she had slept with Proctor, who is a married man, and tried to kill his wife. She asked Tituba to summon spirits to help her kill Elizabeth Proctor. Then after Betty Williams was “sick” they thought it was because of supernatural beings. Soon after Betty awakes and accuses a woman of being a witch all the girls accuse random women. Abby soon starts to lose it after Mary Warren gives Elizabeth a poppet which was found with a needle straight through the poppet. Abby pokes herself with the needle to make everyone believe the poppet was a voodoo doll and Elizabeth was a witch. They thought this because it was Elizabeth’s poppet. During the trials Abby says she sees a yellow bird and goes crazy. The only way Abby found her crucible was by leaving Salem to go to Boston where she ran away to get rid of all the witch...
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...decreasing since these things have been growing in popularity. Critics of violent media seem to long for the “good old days”; a time before there was violence in the media. These critics fail to acknowledge that those “good old days” were actually far more violent than today. While violence is still present in modern society, it pales in comparison to the violence that was once a part of daily life. For most of human history, people have lived lives dominated by violence. From primitive hunters killing for food through centuries of society built around warfare, violence has never been less a part of the human experience than it is today. Horrific acts of violence such as the holocaust, the Salem witch trials, and lynchings all took place before the advent of modern violent media. The people of Salem didn’t listen to Tupac, violent racists didn’t all play Grand Theft Auto, and Hitler never watched Saw III. Even relatively recently, violence has been more tolerated in society than it is today. Violent hazing, domestic violence, and child abuse were all even more common in society before the increase in popularity of violent media. Historically, real life violence has been declining at almost the same rate as violence in entertainment has been increasing. It’s almost an inverse relationship between the two. “History alone should call a link into question . . . historians attribute the decline to improving social controls over violence” (30). An improvement in the effectiveness...
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