Imagine people turning on each other and accusing people they have known for years because of the fear they have. That is exactly what happened in the videos of 1960 and 2003 of “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” by Rod Serling. Fear is being caused by people finger pointing and assuming they are terrorists or aliens. All of this chaos causes they fear the people have. We all know for a fact that fear of the unknown can cause people to turn on each other. To begin with, all of the chaos and
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Every high school, college, and professional sport team have a mascot that represents culture of the team. Mascots been around for a long period of time now and play a big role in showing the spirit of the team and its powers. The interesting part about mascots is that the only ethnic group that is being used to represent the teams is Native Americans. Inaccurate representation of the Native people through mascots brought a big anger and contempt in Native Americans, which lead to protests and possible
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were worried when anyone said anything about the Devil. If the people of Salem didn’t have any grudges over each other the the rumors didn’t start. And if John came up and confessed when the rumors started he could have put an end the it all. The Crucible is about how one girl ruined a whole town by saying there were witches in it. Abigail was lying to people, manipulating them to help herself, and being jealous driven. If she hadn’t been jealous or a liar she wouldn’t have been the cause of 32 deaths
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the masculine; sinful and volatile, opposed to the heroic and virtuous man. Centuries of art, literature, thought, and religious doctrine have painted women as temptresses and wicked witches. The female characters in Arthur Miller’s 1953 drama, The Crucible, reflect these ‘evil’ women of myth and legend. The patriarchal, austere society of the Puritan town of Salem during the witch trials demonstrates the societal effect of centuries of female vilification. Powerful women have historically been branded
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When you hear the word witch, you might think of an old green lady riding a broom with a wicked laugh. During the witch craze, you could be accused of witchcraft if you were female, male, rich, poor, old, young, if you didn’t follow the same rules as everyone else, or even if you had a disagreement with someone. The most popular witch hunt was the Salem Witch Trials that occurred in Colonial Massachusetts. The Salem Witch Trials could be viewed as the catalyst of the reformed American Legal System
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Millers, The Crucible. In the play, the Putnam's are known for their manipulative personalities and corrupted behavior. For example, Mrs. Putnam states “And so I thought to send her to your Tituba...Tituba knows how to speak to the
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The Scarlet Letter and The Crucible are two literary classics that portray excellence in expounding the importance of life. Both written works encompass striking similarities in aspects such as the setting, plot, and major conflicts. However, The Scarlet Letter and The Crucible bare conspicuous differences such as in The Scarlet Letter solid evidence for the crime of adultery is distinctly manifested while in The Crucible the court possesses no tangible evidence for the crime of witchcraft. In addition
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In the Greek play, Antigone Creon, the uncle of Antigone is the more tragic character because everything he does produces his outcome to be worse. Nothing he does in the whole play benefits the gods or the people. Even though Creon is devoted to obey the rules, Antigone is the most committed to a moral standard because she buries her brother and does not deny the accusation of the crime. In the Greek culture, spreading dirt on a deceased’s body would allow their soul to travel to the underworld
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Hammurabi's code was unjust because of it's family laws.A good example of how Hammurabi's code was unjust is law 129 (Doc C). In Law 129 it states ¨If a married lady is caught (in adultery) with another man, they shall bind them and cast them into the water.¨ This means the married lady and the man she is having an affair with will be tied together and thrown into water to drown. In the end two people will have lost their lives to this law. This punishment is too harsh, if a wife does not want to
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Helen Keller once said that, “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” Crucible can be defined as a severe test or trial, or a vessel that can withstand intense heat and is used for melting substances, the title symbolizes how the characters in the play oppose the public's opinion and withstand their hatred towards them. John Proctor and Giles Corey comprise the characteristics
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