Today and in the past people have done some things that is not right. with that i will compare the crucible to the real life example I have chosen the holocaust. The question I will be answering is what happens in the world today that is similar to the “witchhunt” in the Crucible? The witch hunt in the crucible connects to the killings of the jewish people in both attempted to make people disappear, both unfairly judged, and both wrongfully accused people of something they could not defend.
In the crucible and in the holocaust there are killings of many people for what the leaders of the time think are for a greater cause. The killings in the crucible are only looked at from the outside from the people who first accused the person of witchery. Abigail Williams doesn 't like Elizabeth because she 's in the way of her getting John Proctor, so Abigail makes up this story to get rid of Elizabeth. (act 2 pg 859) says “The girl, the Williams girl, Abigail Williams ,sir. She sat at dinner in reverend Parris’s house tonight , and without a word nor warnin’ she falls to the floor.Like a struck beast, he says , and screamed a scream that a bull would weep to hear.And he goes to save her, and, …show more content…
They both have mass killings of just people,unfair judgements to people without looking deeper,and the accusations on people who cannot defend themselves. The similarities of the killings are very close they both have these killings of hundreds and thousands of people who were just people. With the unfair judgements they are just judging the outside.But with the blaming there is one difference i can see the holocaust has confused people who don 't know what to do so they blame the jews as for the crucible you have people who are in trouble who blame others to get rid of their troubles. but with that they are both just confused people not knowing what is the right or wrong that goes for all the
In the crucible and in the holocaust there are killings of many people for what the leaders of the time think are for a greater cause. The killings in the crucible are only looked at from the outside from the people who first accused the person of witchery. Abigail Williams doesn 't like Elizabeth because she 's in the way of her getting John Proctor, so Abigail makes up this story to get rid of Elizabeth. (act 2 pg 859) says “The girl, the Williams girl, Abigail Williams ,sir. She sat at dinner in reverend Parris’s house tonight , and without a word nor warnin’ she falls to the floor.Like a struck beast, he says , and screamed a scream that a bull would weep to hear.And he goes to save her, and, …show more content…
They both have mass killings of just people,unfair judgements to people without looking deeper,and the accusations on people who cannot defend themselves. The similarities of the killings are very close they both have these killings of hundreds and thousands of people who were just people. With the unfair judgements they are just judging the outside.But with the blaming there is one difference i can see the holocaust has confused people who don 't know what to do so they blame the jews as for the crucible you have people who are in trouble who blame others to get rid of their troubles. but with that they are both just confused people not knowing what is the right or wrong that goes for all the