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Examples Of Injustice In The Crucible

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“Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life . . . I have given you my soul; leave me my name” (Crucible)! The people that were accused during the Salem Witch Trials lost not only their lives, but they also lost their names. They were treated so poorly simply due to one person falsely accusing them. This tragic injustice has happened over and over throughout history. The main “witch trial” that plagues our society today, is the false accusations against Muslims pertaining to terrorism. This issue is very similar to the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Both of these tragedies are based on false accusations, are fuelled by public fear, and they destroy people’s lives. There are many instances in the past decade in which Muslims …show more content…

While attending The University of Bridgeport Balayla was harassed many times by another student. She had a complained to many teachers and filed a formal complaint, but nothing was done on her behalf. Meanwhile, the person she filed the complaint against had begun to spread rumors that she was a terrorist. The University ignored her complaint and brought in the FBI to question Balayla. They found that she was not a terrorist and that it was indeed a false accusation. In both of these cases, a person in falsely accused of a crime; the exact same thing happens in The …show more content…

The young man knew that he would hurt Balyla’s reputation, and that is exactly what he wanted to happen. This situation is very similar to how Abigail accuses people of witchcraft because she is scared to be whipped for dancing in the forest. The boy was scared that he would get in trouble so he wanted to make it so no one would believe her. By spreading that she was a terrorist it discredited her accusation, but it also had a big impact on her life. Another similarity between these to “witch trials” is the fact that they destroyed people’s lives. After the witch trials those who had not been hung still faced a lot of persecution. They could not carry on life normally after so many of their friends and family had betrayed them. Today after someone is accused of terrorism, it is almost impossible to survive. Many cannot find jobs or places to live. Once you are accused of being a terrorist no one will treat you the same

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Since the witchcraft was such a confusing and terrible time for everyone, people were getting accused by these girls all the time, a lot of the time the court and the church would look for signs of being a witch, like making the accused take the test i talked about before but sometimes they just trusted the girls and didn't look for evidence at all. They just convicted the person to be a witch. This seems crazy to me because it doesn't seem fair at all, they didn't even have a chance to prove that they were innocent, instead they were automatically a witch. The Salem Witch Trials finally came to an end when the whole town felt that it was getting way out of control.

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In both The Crucible and in modern day witch hunts, witch hunts are caused out of fear or for personal gain. Jill Schonebelen wrote a research paper on Witchcraft allegations, refugee protection and human rights. Throughout this article, it mentions the persecution of witches today in communities around the globe, mentioning the flashbacks of similar strategies that were used in the past, doing different types of tortures. In Modern days, recent generations have abandoned wonderful traditions. Rather, recollecting others with distasteful memories such as witchcraft.

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They were also put to death for false accusations.(Miller) Therefore what they were accused of they got punished for. The Salem witch trials made people lose respect for others(THE HOLOCAUST). If u were accused u where hated(THE HOLOCAUST). In the Holocaust all of Germany lost respect for jews,Just because Hitler accused them of being the reason for war(THE HOLOCAUST).

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Like being gay, being a witch was considered a major crime. People thought that if you were a witch you were unholy and you needed to be saved by Christ. People still had the same sort of problem in the rebellion. The stonewall and the Human Rights Society for human rights was shut down by the police. In salem if you did not confess to being a witch you were shut down also by execution.

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According to Christine Heyrman, the name Salem means peace. The Salem Witch Trials were disreputable for many reasons, which makes the Hebrew meaning of Salem sort of ironic because the trials were everything but peaceful. The trials occurred in a village in colonial Massachusetts during 1692-1693 (Blumberg). During this period, around 200 people were accused of witchcraft. One thing starting this period of time was the devil’s magic.

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In The Crucible (1953), Arthur Miller tells his audience the cause of mass a hysteria in salem massachusetts. The crucible in salem witch trials killing more the 19 men and women for being related to witchcraft. Several young girls attempting to conjure spirits from the dead, rather than admit and take their punishment the girls accused inhabits for there actions, playing with witchcraft. The girls avoiding punishment resulted of having convicting and executed nineteen men and women. Killing and hanging people is better than taking a punishment?

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The Salem witch trials occurred during the 14th century. During this century the puritans beliefs were very strong in supernatural areas, in other words this means the belief in the devils practice of giving certain humans the power to harm others. If you were a puritan living at this time and you committed the crime of witchcraft the punishment for this would be death. The religion and beliefs during this time had a big role on how the puritans dealt with the so called witches, although christian rule stated that no one shall kill. Killing was still involved in the trials causing the rules and laws to be broken, because of this the acception for breaking this rule was unknown.

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In Witches: The Absolutely True Tale Of Disaster In Salem by Rosalyn Schanzer people in the town of Salem were Condemned for being witches. By the end of it all more than 200 people were accused and 20 were executed. Horridly they accused people from all ages, everyone from teenager to ancient was accused. But why? The Salem Witch Trials were caused by hysteria, popularity, and revenge.

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Hypocrisy is the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform; pretense. In the book the Crucible there are many hypocrites some dishonest some just following any one to be guilty, but one of the many character is Judge Danforth he mocks Marry when he ask "How were you instructed in your life? Do you not know that God damns all liars?"(3-84), since Danforth is in power for being the judge he thinks that everyone else is ignorant and not being equal as him.

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These trials eventually lead to the convictions and executions of the accused. Interestingly enough, it is a myth that witches were burned at the stake. All executions that were ruled out by the state resulted in a hanging. In The Salem Witch Trials: Facts & History, Rebecca B. Brooks says that 20 people were murdered and over 200 were convicted of being witches/wizards (Brooks). The executions of these innocent people were solely based on eye witness accounts and were, therefore, unjust

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Although, many people that were condemned weren’t actually apart of the Communist Party, (under McCarthyism around 1950-1954) they got blacklisted or lost their jobs. This social injustice is also portrayed in The Crucible as its characters face the Salem Witch Trials. Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible as his own reaction to the injustice of McCarthyism. Miller’s purpose was to show how people accused each other with false denunciations because of their fear, jealousy and solely hatred of one another under McCarthyism.

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American Muslims in Witch Hunt of Discrimination in the United States The Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts during the year of 1692 relates to the persecution of Muslim Americans today in American society. The women accused of witchcraft had a stereotype put on them that they were different and dangerous in Puritan society. Muslims receive stereotypes as harmful and terrorists from the people of America due to terrorist attacks that have occurred in the United States. The definition of a witch hunt is an attempt to find and punish a particular group of people falsely accused for something because their opinions and not because they have done something wrong (Collins English Dictionary).

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Do you remember learning about the Holocaust in school? Do you remember all of the feelings and thoughts you had? Imagine if it was you. Imagine if you were one of the soldiers. Would you stand up for what was right?

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During the hysteria of 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts, many people were accused of practicing witchcraft. Therefore, their reputation, was ruined. Other people committed many sins in order to keep their reputation clean in town. For instance, some characters had to lie, fight, and accuse other people of witchcraft which could get the individual out of trouble and keep their hands clean. when a person got accused of being a witch, the person’s reputation would get ruined and the person would go to jail or be hanged.

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Back in the late sixteen hundreds the people during that time are very strict on religion. During the time a colony in the Americas called the puritans believed in witchcraft. People that are accused are guilty till proven innocent. In the Crucible it portrays injustice by how Danforth is not following court that is ruled by religion, Abigail intimidating the court, and the accused not having proper court rights. The following reasons will explain why the crucible is injustice.

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