Personalities are Bound to Repeat Themselves "Men rise from one ambition to another--first they seek to secure themselves from attack, and then they attack others" (Machiavelli). ... The Salem Witch Trials of 1692, as well as the McCarthy Trials of 1952, show that governments are always looking for excuses. ... Because of these two policies, Joseph McCarthy was able to use interrogation methods that were previously considered illegal. At first McCarthy targeted mainly Democrats associated with the New Deal Policies. ... The Crucible most definitely showed parallels between...

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The First act starts off with Reverend Parris who has just caught one of his daughters Betty with a group of girls who were all dancing in the forest with a black slave named Tituba. ... Now the witch trials have started; fourteen people are already in jail. ... Mary goes to the Proctor house and tells Elizabeth, John Proctor's wife, that her name was mentioned in the trial, but that she spoke in her favor. Shortly after Hale visit's the Proctor house to interrogate Mrs. ... During the trial Mary testifies that the dancing had nothing to do with witchcraft, the girls were only pre...

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Both the theatrical version and the film reach there climax when the trials begin. Both contain intense trial scenes and endings that are horrific and tragic. ... This scene is discussed in the theatrical version through the interrogation of Abigail by reverends Parris and Hale. ... By including the hangings in the play, the viewer is exposed first hand to the true affect of such an allegation as witchcraft. ...

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