Presence of Guilt Guilt is a force that has the ability to bring people to insanity. When guilt becomes great enough, the effects it has on people go much deeper than the surface. People’s body and mind are overpowered by the guilt that consumes them every second they live with their burden. In “The Crucible”, John Proctor carries the guilt of his affair with Abigail Williams. He has deeply compromised his marriage and hurt his wife. In “All My Sons”, Joe Keller, a manufacturer is found guilty for selling defective aeroplane cylinder heads during World War II. That leads to the death of 21 pilots. Keller does not accept his responsibility of this act, and his business partner Steve Deever is convicted. Joe Keller went back to his normal life, …show more content…
The Salem witch trials were a series of trials and prosecutions of people who are accused of witchcraft. It started with a group of girls began to behave strangely, making odd noises, assuming strange positions, and spending hours laying motionless in bed. The town is Puritan minister Samuel Perez believed he knew what was going on with the girls. A spell had been placed on them. The girls accused three women of putting a spell on them. The girls accused innocent people, based on how liked they were. By the end of the trial 19 people were put to death because of false …show more content…
McCarthyism also known as the red scare, was a period of extreme anti-communism in the United States. Red comes from the color of the Soviet union flag, and scare comes from the fact that many people were scared that car would come to the United States. There were two red scares, The first occurred after World War I, and the second occurred during the cold war after World War II. The second red scare lasted around 10 years from 1947 to 1957. With the widespread of communism in Eastern Europe and China, people are scared that communism will come to the United