John Proctor and Hester Prynne, two characters derived from a seventeenth century, puritan community have interesting views on life. John Proctor is selected from the play The Crucible written by Arthur Miller. Hester prynne comes from Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. John and Hester ali...
In a society where the main virtues of the townspeople include honesty, religious dedication, a structurally sound family life, and respect for others, it seems nothing can go wrong. Thus, when something or someone goes awry, the source of the fault must not be searched for in the town, rather to ...
Anti-socialist movements in 1950's America fueled the hysteria and paranoia of the Cold War. Senator Joseph McCarthy, head of the House of Un-American Activities Committee, amplified the chaos and accused many Americans for being enemy spies. Innocent Americans were prosecuted for being communist sp...
As seen in The Crucible by Arthur Miller, Salem Massachusetts in the seventeenth century was no different, many people wanted what their neighbors had, and because of these wants, the Salem witch trials became a weapon for people wanting to get personal satisfaction. ...
Young women and men in the seventeenth century were looked down upon. ... Arthur Miller did not have the need to alter history's story of the witch trials in order for him to make the point that McCarthy's hunt for Communists was truly a twentieth century witch hunt. ...
Katie Goodenberger American Literature Conferenced Essay 2 The Infamous Trials of 1692 During the late seventeenth century, the strict Puritan ideals of the citizens of a small, New England town lead to the infamous Salem Witch Trials of 1692. ...
