Giles Corey

Destructive forces in fiction and reality Destructive forces are societal pressures that cause destruction in the lives of humans when they choose to give in to them. Hysteria, jealousy, and greed are three of these destructive forces that have an effect on the lives of people every day. Hysteria is characterized by irrational actions that are produced by fear. Jealousy is hatred for someone else because of something that they possess that you cannot or do not have. Lastly, greed is the…

During the Cold War, relations with the Soviet Union and the United States were tight. Though allies of World War II, both held a grudge against each other. Joseph R. Mccarthy, the Senator of Wisconsin dedicated years in uncovering communist spies living in the United States, adding to the hysteria of the Red Scare (Joseph R. Mccarthy). Arthur Miller wrote “The Crucible”. “The Crucible” tells about the mass hysteria in Salem, Massachusetts when the accusations of so-called witches surfaced,…

The Salem Witch Trials One of America’s mistakes involving false persecution was the Salem Witch Trials. This was a great example of sexism and religious persecution because the biggest victim of the trials were women, also a great number of the accused were just part of a different culture or a different culture, and there were many unfair trials between men and women because men were respected more. The name Salem, also meaning peace, was originally given by the English puritans with a vision…

1. They denied everybody’s freedom they were meant to follow on what they wanted them to believe anything they wanted to believe was wrong besides Christianity was “right”. 2. They weren’t real they wanted them to believe that they existed but they said things to get the people killed even if there wasn’t any evidence to show what they were saying is true or just a false accusation. 3. Tituba: A slave that was brought from Barbados. Abigail: She is niece of Reverend Parris. Also the leader of…

is pressured she throws the blame onto John Proctor calling him a man of the devil. She told Danforth that Proctor was trying to recruit her to partake in his evil doings and that is one more thing against so at the end of the act John Proctor and Giles are taken to…

Salem Witch Trials- Real Vs. Truth The Salem witch trials were trials against friends and family for the only reason of fear, mischief and misconception. In the years 1692 and 1693, there were many court dates and accusations of men and women who were “seen” with the devil, which caused many executions out of fear. The event brought on stories such as the well-known play The Crucible by Arthur Miller and novels such as Susannah Morrow by Megan Chance. However, despite the use of real people,…

SALEM WITCH TRIALS: THE TRUTH BEHIND THE STORIES Imagine living in the 1600’s and being convicted of being a witch. The Salem witch trials, in Bamberg Germany are the most famous witch trials. Soon after that, the witch craze came to Salem and even spread farther into America then thought back in the 1600s. Understanding the causes and consequences of the Salem witch trials give more of an understanding of witchcraft today. PURITAN LIFE IN SALEM During 16-17th century, Puritans protested…

The Crucible Essay In The Crucible, Arthur Miller was successful on educating readers about history and encouraging them to not make the same mistakes of the past. The McCarthy era was more of an ideological war, meaning an idea that scared people to death, rather than a real war. The major issue that happened in Salem is that people were falsely accused of being witches when there was no real evidence of witchcraft. I believe that Arthur Miller did a sound job of getting his readers to…