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Madison Johnson
Mr. Lucente
English 11H P.3
McCarthyism as a reflection of The Crucible "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." (Orwell, Animal Farm).
In this quote, George Orwell clearly depicts the essential idea of communism, which is also one of the driving forces of The Crucible and the McCarthy courts. The Crucible was initially written to expose the McCarthy courts for what they truly were, a huge injustice within the American justice system. It is humorously ironic as to how both the Salem court in The Crucible and the McCarthy court claim to be advocates of serving and protecting the people 's justice, when they are actually abusing the people 's liberty as a facade to gain power. The author of The Crucible, Arthur Miller, also wrote the play to display how even a "great" country with "great" leaders can be corrupted with …show more content…
However a majority of those tried were innocently jailed or killed, as a result of the court officials trying to instill fear in the people. The "honorable" and almighty officials used intimidation to force the defendants to confess to a crime in order to gain a reputation. In The Crucible, Judge Danforth says,"I cannot hear you. What do you say?...You will confess yourself or you will hang!...Do you know who I am? I say you will hang if you do not open with me!" (483) This quote is a perfect example of the corruption in both courts in regards to the intimidation and reputation factors. The highest Judge in the Salem court, who is oh so righteous, honorable, and unbiased is threatening a probably innocent victim of the courts to confess to a crime. All of this madness and malevolence for the sake of building up the court officials ' statuses and reputation. Corruption is used in these courts to protect the wicked and damn the righteous; to create imbalance upon the scales of
Madison Johnson
Mr. Lucente
English 11H P.3
McCarthyism as a reflection of The Crucible "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." (Orwell, Animal Farm).
In this quote, George Orwell clearly depicts the essential idea of communism, which is also one of the driving forces of The Crucible and the McCarthy courts. The Crucible was initially written to expose the McCarthy courts for what they truly were, a huge injustice within the American justice system. It is humorously ironic as to how both the Salem court in The Crucible and the McCarthy court claim to be advocates of serving and protecting the people 's justice, when they are actually abusing the people 's liberty as a facade to gain power. The author of The Crucible, Arthur Miller, also wrote the play to display how even a "great" country with "great" leaders can be corrupted with …show more content…
However a majority of those tried were innocently jailed or killed, as a result of the court officials trying to instill fear in the people. The "honorable" and almighty officials used intimidation to force the defendants to confess to a crime in order to gain a reputation. In The Crucible, Judge Danforth says,"I cannot hear you. What do you say?...You will confess yourself or you will hang!...Do you know who I am? I say you will hang if you do not open with me!" (483) This quote is a perfect example of the corruption in both courts in regards to the intimidation and reputation factors. The highest Judge in the Salem court, who is oh so righteous, honorable, and unbiased is threatening a probably innocent victim of the courts to confess to a crime. All of this madness and malevolence for the sake of building up the court officials ' statuses and reputation. Corruption is used in these courts to protect the wicked and damn the righteous; to create imbalance upon the scales of