Massachusetts

Salem, Massachusetts is known for the Salem witch trials. The trials tested the skills and characters of those accused of being a witch. Though the test often consisted of fire and water, if the tension was high enough, a mere accusation had the accused hanged. The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, is mostly a typical story of the Salem Witch Trials with all of the tension included. The difference lies in the fact that it is not only the accused being tested under pressure. The entire town faces…

Abigail from the play The Crucible this statement could not be more true. Abigail was the one accusing the women of being witches after she had already slept with Proctor. The Crucible written by Arthur Miller was set in the small town of Salem Massachusetts Abigail the niece of the minister of the church has been the one accusing women of being witches to not get in trouble because of the mistake she has been making in order to get Proctor back. Abigail will do anything and everything to get…

One of these voyages was coming to America so that they could have a better life for themselves, by making a permanent settlement where they could start their lives and their children’s lives again. The other was for economic reasons from a company in London that just wanted to obtain a larger market for manufactured goods coming from England. These voyages were improvements from what we knew of our world back in the 1400’s. Both voyages were varied a lot from one another but meet some of the…

The Crucible, seen as one of the most exquisitely written plays ever has many interesting parallels to McCarthyism. The Crucible is a hyperbolized and partially fictionalized story of the Salem Witch Trials that went on in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the years of 1692 and 1693. The interesting thing about The Crucible is that it was written during the height of the Red Scare. That is why comparisons are able to be drawn between the two subjects. That is also why the word McCarthyism is a…

“Three Sovereigns for Sarah” is an amazing and historically accurate film about the Salem witch trials.The Salem witch trials were a number of hearings and prosecutions of people falsely accused of witchcraft in Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. The Salem witch trials resulted in 19 people hanged, one crushed to death. Five others, including two infant children, died in prison before they could be hanged for their crimes of dealing with sorcery and witchcraft. In this movie we…

McCarthyism In The Crucible written by Authur Miller, based on an event that happened during 1692 at Salem, Massachusetts. The Salem witch-hunt happened during the time of paranoia, the event resulted in chaos. People turn to death to avoid the agonizing torture and pain. The Crucible by Authur Miller is an allegory for the Red Scare in the McCarthy Era because it both showed the terror with the public, broken government system, and the greed with people’s desires and motives.…

For the second Midterm I decided to answer the question that asked what were the early settlement patterns that each of the following followed; the Mid-Atlantic, the Chesapeake Region, and the Southern Colonies. I will compare and contrast the main ideas about each of the topic’s stated above. To start off this essay I will first talk about is the Mid-Atlantic, this part of the United States is consumed of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Washington, D.C., Virginia, and…

has a governmental practice of Democracy. Everything is run by the colonists themselves. They believe in “togetherness” which shows a series of strong government discipline. This practice of a democratic structure was somewhat influenced by the Massachusetts Bay governor, John Winthrop. (DOC.D). The government came up with articles of agreement. (DOC.D). This article indicates the idea of democracy. “everyone” would have a portion of land and home. In the Chesapeake, only the wealthy white…

many people were believed to have been practicing witchcraft and for those who were put on trial, cruel and unusual punishments were often used in an attempt to prove the accused guilty. This went on for several long months, until the governor of Massachusetts dissolved the primary court used for these trials – the Court of Oyer and Terminer – in October 1692. The Salem Witch Trials had a large part in shaping today’s society, contributing to mass hysteria studies, today’s due process, and…

Wind in the Door Summary A Wind in the Door, by Madeleine L’Engle is a fictional novel which explores the odd lives of Meg Wallace, Charles Wallace, and Calvin O’Keefe. The story takes place in initially in the countryside of Massachusetts in the 1960s, but goes on to explore others areas such as Metron Ariston. The story’s main antagonist comes in the form of the Echthroi, also known as fallen angels; a race of beings built upon hate and destruction. Through school, Charles has been beaten…