McCarthyism

Mob hysteria is defined as a group of people, characterized by anxiety or excitement, unreasonable behavior or beliefs or peculiar symptoms of sickness. An example of Mob hysteria in history is the 2012 theory. With the 2012 theory, masses of people believed the world was going to end in December of 2012 based on theories scientists had come up with. During the McCarthy Era and The Salem Witch Trials, mob hysteria was present due to the fear of communism spreading to the United States and…

Joseph McCarthy had a corrupt childhood with bullying and gambling, etc. He carried all of these bad habits into his carrier. He was a deceiving and powerful man. He twisted all the information he obtained and used it against innocent people. Ultimately, nothing came out of his investigations except for fear and chaos.Joseph McCarthy was a United States Senator during the 1950s who ran a series of anti-communistic trials blaming many innocent Americans and essentially ruining their lives and or…

John Proctor is a well-respected individual in the town of Salem. Despite maintaining a prestigious reputation, he is guilty of committing adultery with his ex-servant, Abigail Williams. Due to Proctor’s adultery, the relationship between he and his wife, Elizabeth, was strained. Her mistrust and hesitation to forgive him frustrates Proctor. However, his own guilt hinders him from his personal forgiveness. Proctor struggles to cope with his guilt; knowing that he must confess to his sin further…

When faced with trouble, the outside of a person is stripped away, layer by layer, until all that’s left is their spirit. What happens then is what defines the human race as a whole; ordinary people are turned into persistant, determined, relentless fighters. When one is backed into a wall and all hope seems lost, the human spirit comes out to play. It laughs in the face of asperity, saying,”You can’t scare me, I always win”. One might even call it stubborn, but, at the end of the day, the human…

In Act 2 Scene 3 of William Shakespeare’s play Othello, we hear a soliloquy of Iago. Soliloquies are essential in a play as it is the only time the actor is able to explain their thought process to the audience. In typical soliloquies, the character is not acting for someone else. The character, in essence, is able to portray his/her true self. Through Iago’s soliloquy, the audience is able to hear his malicious intentions. The audience is introduced to his evil mind though his appalling tone,…

Who is to Blame Game Arthur Miller, the writer and creator of the 1950’s play The Crucible, based off the battle between communism in the government during that time. In The Crucible, there are trials of who is a witch and who is not. The question is though: who is the most to blame for these trials? Abigail Williams, a selfish, deceitful, and known as a whore, is the most to blame for the events in The Crucible. The rope awaits her for the agony she has caused. Miss Abigail Williams and…

Pola Matoga IB 1B English A Abigail As A Victim Of Her Society In The Crucible The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, is a play with many complex characters, and sends multiple messages. One of those dynamic characters is Abigail, a seventeen year old girl. At first glance it is easy to blame Abigail for the witch trials in Salem, as she is a devious and manipulative girl, however, the truth is that Abigail is a victim of a strict, Puritan society. Her upbringing and past led her to be the person she…

The article “When School Was Scary” and the poem “The Ballad of Birmingham” both show very harmful events. The event that happened to the little girl in “The Ballad of Birmingham” is very different and more effective/powerful compared to what happened in “When School Was Scary”. In the article, Elizabeth got verbally and physically abused, but in the poem, the little girl walks into a church and then it gets bombed. Getting blown up is more destructive than getting bullied. In the article “When…

Throughout Senator Joseph McCarthy’s political career, he uncovered many “Communists” in the United States Government (Doc 1). During this time he gained supporters and quite a few enemies. President Harry S. Truman was among the people who disagreed with Senator McCarthy’s methods and complete devotion to ridding the nation’s government of Communists (Doc 2). Among the opposition of Senator McCarthy, he also had many fellow Senators who disagreed with him. Senator Margaret Chase Smith reminded…

The first big effect that the Paramount case had on the film industry was that it leveled the playing field for all production companies. The number of theaters owned by Paramount was staggering. The owned 933 studios the next closest was RKO with 187.(p.195) Another effect was that theaters actually had to put forth effort in making their movies. Before the Paramount Case all a theater had to give bank was a movie as a collateral versus post Paramount case actual collateral such as theater. It…