During both the Holocaust people that were jews were shown and during the Salem Witch Trials people were shown. Both groups ended up killed for what they were whether it was true or not.During the salem witch trials even if you said you weren’t a witch but you were accused of one you would still be hanged if they considered you apart of witchcraft.The Holocaust were alike and different in many ways. Both events occurred around the 1950’s. The Crucible was a play written by Arthur Miller that was related to the movement led by Senator Joe McCarthy. Trying to seek and identify members of the communist party, a movement that hunted and ruined innocent people’s lives. When it came to the Witch Trials even if you were accused of witchcraft you …show more content…
It’s their religion,it’s what they believe in . Get over it! Okay so they don’t believe the same thing, and here’s a news flash for you who said they had to?! Or a woman who is not married and lives alone working on a farm with a different hair color than most people’s. Okay why should that make her a witch? Did you ever think she might be and her husband died and taking care of her farm is how she supports her family, or maybe this farm is a family farm passed down through generations.Stupid reasons like this is what people thought might make you a witch or possibly associated with …show more content…
These events are alike because of the hatred of others rose. Hatred that carries on throughout the years toward different people and for different events. In the play Danforth asks John Proctor to sign a document that says a confession of all the sins and witchcraft or his talks of the devil, and it would be hung for the village to see. John Proctor glances at the confession and then tears the document. Danforth asks John Proctor why he did not sign it. John Proctor then goes to say that “You have all witnessed it-it is enough.” he then goes on to say as he is sentenced to hang,”Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I can lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave my name!” In this lifetime the one true thing that no one can take away from you no matter what. During the Holocaust you were shown because of your religion, during the Salem Witch Trials you were shown because of the accusation of a witch. In both events these people really had only one true thing them their names and their religion. This kept them going and it gave them something no one could ever take it away even if they were to