The representation of the tension between people and the political sphere, and the vulnerability of the individual against societal pressure to conform, is inevitably influenced by the composer’s moral and social agendas. Through the manipulation of emotions composers represent governments and political figures according to their own political and social agenda, thus altering public perceptions. Arthur Miller’s allegorical play The Crucible challenges the communist fears by paralleling Cold War Paranoia with the Salem witch trials to provoke criticism of Senator McCarthy’s actions and warns that a community ruled by democratic and personal fears can lose perspective and integrity through the differing motives of Abigail, Parris and Proctor.
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Through his representation of the conflict between men of integrity and the self-serving, Miller highlights the impossibility of ascertaining the truth in corrupt social systems where individuals manipulate hysteria to gain personal power. The power play represented in the Salem Witch trials mirrors the repressive political perspective of the McCarthy tribunals, offering Miller an allegorical platform to question the legitimacy of the projected threat of Communism. This is exemplified in Parris' attempts to discredit Proctor via appeal to ignorance, " , accentuating the fundamentally corrupt nature of a legal system where men of integrity are preyed upon. …show more content…
Orwell clearly exposes the reader to the manipulative power of language as they are constantly witnessing the abuse of language in arguments conducted by Squealer to manipulate the animals throughout the novel. Squealer uses the metaphor “ to justifying to the other animals why the pigs are getting the milk and apples even though they are in a shortage of food which is also an allusion to the Russian famine of 1921. This is furthered by Squealer who is an allusion to the Russian press, “ the pigs gradually twist and distort the values of a socialist revolution to justify their own corrupt behaviour and leaving the other animals oblivious to the pigs’ ulterior motives. They use appeals to patriotism, “ ” to halt and or cease any rebellion amongst the animals because the opposition would be seen opposed to the ideals of animalism. Thus we can see that the pig’s abuse of language contributed to their abuse of power. Similarly Orwell uses language to manipulate us as the audience to accept his ideology through the dichotomise world of good and bad that he creates in the world of the
Through his representation of the conflict between men of integrity and the self-serving, Miller highlights the impossibility of ascertaining the truth in corrupt social systems where individuals manipulate hysteria to gain personal power. The power play represented in the Salem Witch trials mirrors the repressive political perspective of the McCarthy tribunals, offering Miller an allegorical platform to question the legitimacy of the projected threat of Communism. This is exemplified in Parris' attempts to discredit Proctor via appeal to ignorance, " , accentuating the fundamentally corrupt nature of a legal system where men of integrity are preyed upon. …show more content…
Orwell clearly exposes the reader to the manipulative power of language as they are constantly witnessing the abuse of language in arguments conducted by Squealer to manipulate the animals throughout the novel. Squealer uses the metaphor “ to justifying to the other animals why the pigs are getting the milk and apples even though they are in a shortage of food which is also an allusion to the Russian famine of 1921. This is furthered by Squealer who is an allusion to the Russian press, “ the pigs gradually twist and distort the values of a socialist revolution to justify their own corrupt behaviour and leaving the other animals oblivious to the pigs’ ulterior motives. They use appeals to patriotism, “ ” to halt and or cease any rebellion amongst the animals because the opposition would be seen opposed to the ideals of animalism. Thus we can see that the pig’s abuse of language contributed to their abuse of power. Similarly Orwell uses language to manipulate us as the audience to accept his ideology through the dichotomise world of good and bad that he creates in the world of the