Compliance to an Dangerous Path
Throughout history the compliance to totalitarianism is blamed on certain groups of people that enacted social corruption, to make it appear as if they were saving humanity. Leaders and associations, mostly focusing on Stalin, Hitler, and Mussolini, they manipulated their countries and made it resemble that they were improving the country and community, when in reality they ruined the community. This relates to The Crucible and during the Red Scare both time periods symbolize the hold that society has on its victims. The Crucible focuses on the built up hysteria and the unconventional morals that society has placed on the citizens of the town of Salem. The Puritans were very strict on their religion and they …show more content…
They had them chose the line that matched the line that was given. Then the doctors told six out of the seven people in the room to pick line C and they had to see if due to conformity the seventh person would pick C. Over the twelve major trails it states, “Over the 12 critical trials about 75% of the participants conformed at least once and 25% of the participants never conformed at all”(McLeod). Three fourths of the participants had conformed to the rest of the experimental group. Thus proving that the constant fear of being outcasted is a pertinent issue in society, Throughout the play The Crucible this is a main theme, for example, after the girls start causing hysteria after Mary attempts to expose the venom that the girls are causing to run through the town, when the girls realize what she is doing they begin trying to convict Mary. Then Mary goes on to convict Proctor saying that he was forcing her to sign the book of the devil, she runs back to Abby saying, “Abby, Abby, I’ll never hurt you more!” (Miller 1314). This exemplifies the fear that is caused by Abby, and the fear that she would be outcasted if she were to go against society and the girls. It can be inferred that Abby exemplifies society and the fear that it puts on an person. This shows that people conform due to the constant fear of being labeled and exiled
Throughout history the compliance to totalitarianism is blamed on certain groups of people that enacted social corruption, to make it appear as if they were saving humanity. Leaders and associations, mostly focusing on Stalin, Hitler, and Mussolini, they manipulated their countries and made it resemble that they were improving the country and community, when in reality they ruined the community. This relates to The Crucible and during the Red Scare both time periods symbolize the hold that society has on its victims. The Crucible focuses on the built up hysteria and the unconventional morals that society has placed on the citizens of the town of Salem. The Puritans were very strict on their religion and they …show more content…
They had them chose the line that matched the line that was given. Then the doctors told six out of the seven people in the room to pick line C and they had to see if due to conformity the seventh person would pick C. Over the twelve major trails it states, “Over the 12 critical trials about 75% of the participants conformed at least once and 25% of the participants never conformed at all”(McLeod). Three fourths of the participants had conformed to the rest of the experimental group. Thus proving that the constant fear of being outcasted is a pertinent issue in society, Throughout the play The Crucible this is a main theme, for example, after the girls start causing hysteria after Mary attempts to expose the venom that the girls are causing to run through the town, when the girls realize what she is doing they begin trying to convict Mary. Then Mary goes on to convict Proctor saying that he was forcing her to sign the book of the devil, she runs back to Abby saying, “Abby, Abby, I’ll never hurt you more!” (Miller 1314). This exemplifies the fear that is caused by Abby, and the fear that she would be outcasted if she were to go against society and the girls. It can be inferred that Abby exemplifies society and the fear that it puts on an person. This shows that people conform due to the constant fear of being labeled and exiled