McCarthyism

Monsters are due on Maple Street The theme in The Monsters are due on Maple Street, is fear. The theme begins to appear in the story when the people do not know what is going on because nothing was working, that would usually work in a blackout like cars or flashlights. In the text, the two figures, who appear to be aliens, disclose the real reason for the blackout. The reason was that if you put people in the dark, anyone, for even just a little while, they will fear the cause of it. even if…

Rod Serling’s message to the readers of “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street” is that weird things can happen to ANY ordinary street, and that people can, but should NOT be accused without evidence, ‘cause it’s just not fair! The theme begins to show when Tommy started making people scared by telling them that they were all bad, and he KNEW the story, and he was making people afraid. In the text Charlie says, ”I swear it isn’t me! I swear it isn’t! But I know who it is! I know who the monster…

drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!” as it underlines her jealousy would drive her to do anything to get what she wants. This can be connected back to the red scarce, due to the extend people would go through to rid themselves of an enemy through McCarthyism. Although true, it could be said people would give everything away to give truth. This is emphasised when Proctor exposes himself for adultery in court to prove abigail wrong. When Proctor said,”God help me, I lusted, and there is a promise…

2. The onset of Cold War started questioning loyalty of a number of officials working with Government Departments at responsible positions. The period from 1947 to 1956 is known as the “Second Red Scare”. In 1947, following First Red Scare, President Truman signed an Executive Order to screen federal employees for association with organizations considered “Totalitarian, subversive, Fascists, or Communist”. This era is characterized by heightened political repression as well as campaign spreading…

he includes the affair to utilize a personal situation since it deeply influenced his life and left him in a state of confusion, like John Proctor. Most importantly, The Crucible reflects Arthur Miller’s life because he relates the ideologies of McCarthyism to the witch trials by discussing the fears of those involved, but not the actual proceedings. The witch-hunt is depicted as a way to “express publicly his guilt and sins, under the cover of accusations against the victims” (Miller, Act I,…

Navneet Kaur English 120 Wendy Hayden November 1, 2017 Erwin Chemerinsky’s article “Hate speech is protected from free, even on college campuses” is a response to professor Robert’s C. Post on why all sorts of opinions should be expressed on college campuses, regardless of their offense and unpopularity. As students are disrespected by the thoughts of most conservative speakers, colleges have to shell out thousands of dollars for student safety and to allow speakers to deliver their ideas…

The old-fashioned film projector creates vintage look of the City of Los Angeles in the 1950s in the theatre. Scrolls is uncovered across the back wall of the stage, depicting Chavez Ravine, a hillside community of Mexican Americans in L.A. In the stressful atmosphere, a women is wiped out of her home, and the Chaves Ravine is bulldozed. Suddenly, the theatre is lighten up, and filled with big yelling out of a baseball game. We are still in the place, where used to be Chavez Ravine, but now is…

In the late 1950’s, playwright Arthur Miller included character John Proctor in his drama, The Crucible, because he believed that the time period during Mccarthyism lacked true heroes. Although Proctor is not the typical hero that usually comes into mind according to the common definition, Miller portrays him as a tragic hero, one whose biggest flaw is his own honesty. Some may disagree that Proctor was indeed a true hero, due to the fact that he committed adultery. Although this is true,…

ordered background checks of every civilian in service to the government. When Alger Hiss, a high-ranking State Department official was convicted on espionage charges, fear of communists intensified.” (ushistory.org). That caused something called McCarthyism to storm in on…

anything to do with communism. McCarthy rose to power as he accused more and more people. However, McCarthy never gave any evidence to his accusations, so it is no wonder when he accused military leaders without evidence nobody believed him. Still, McCarthyism did hurt the relations of Americans and Soviets, by putting the public in the scare of communism they blatantly fueled a hatred towards the soviets. Labeling communists as Soviet spies, sometimes even exercising capital punishment to…