Persuasive Letter The Crucible

There’s has been people who either have been manipulated and then there’s people that have manipulated people. Being experienced with situation can make it easy for one to manipulate anyone. For example in “The Crucible” it demonstrates how one young child can manipulate everyone from children to an adult into believing her vengeance story. With the right situation experience one can manipulate with ease, but it shouldn’t be easy for one to manipulate half of the people in the town.

In both The Crucible and McCarthyism, people are accused of being either witches or communists. The accused are placed in such a dire situation where they are either forced to lie to save themselves, or to remain honest, at the risk of their social or physical lives. In The Crucible, John Proctor is accused of practicing witchcraft, and when asked if he is a witch, he responds,“Why it is a lie, it is a lie; how may I damn myself? I cannot, I cannot.” (Act IV pg. 140) He refuses to confess to something he did not do, even if lying means that he can save his life. During the McCarthy trials, people who were accused of being communists refused to confess that they were, although it hurt their reputation. In both

“Arthur Miller made the play called “The Crucible” during the 1950’s as a response to McCarthyism and the U.S. Governments blacklisted people.”(Blakesley). Miller was then question and accused of “Contempt of Congress” for not identifying people that were at meetings he attended. McCarthyism and The Salem Witch Craft Trials have been two very wrong things that have happened in the history of the United States for a lot of reasons. First off they both wrongfully accused innocent people of performing not accepted actions of those times. In America you have a right of free will and in both cases they were denied this right just because of someone else’s opinion. In both cases of the Salem Witch Craft Trials and McCarthyism people were being accused of acts with little evidence. People pointed fingers at others so they wouldn’t get blamed for anything, so there was a scare factor taking place. Large groups of people supported these acts maybe because of a get on board everyone’s doing it theme, and if you disagreed you were considered a witch or a communist. Our country supported McCarthy until later we soon regretted it. During the 1940’s and 1950’s communism was a scare in the U.S. so McCarthy capitalized on the subject and said two hundred card carrying communist were in the U.S(PBS). With the Salem Trials people capitalized on the scare of witches and everyone starting accusing the “weird” people. Accusations weather true or false can

All eyes on them, some even with tears, and the three thick ropes with a noose on each end. They dangle there waiting… This was happening now, it was really happening. His heart was beating out of his chest and his palms were sweating, as he stepped up, step by step until death itself was palpable. As he looked out into the crowd, he felt the rope being placed around his neck, then as the rough rope got tighter he could feel the relief of his sins. He knew he was doing right by god, he was ready. As they said their prayer in unison, one by one the floor beneath them all was swept away and all that was left was the three bodies hanging silently.

In Salem, many witches have been convicted. The people who have not confessed must face their consequences. Now that one of the most renowned witches has been caught and convicted, why must we consider stopping the executing of witches? Goody Proctor has to be hanged for she is a witch. She has never and will never worship our God. Goody Proctor will only see the darkness. Therefore she has hurt the people of our village. Why would anyone ever let her live? Why give back her life? She has ruined her image in Salem. Goody Proctor has and will always see and be able to communicate with the darkness and his demons. Must I remind you about the doll found in the Proctor’s home? I am reminding you of the deadly needle she stuck in me to try to kill

Capital punishment is a much debated topic today. Are you for or against it? Why? Well I think capital punishment shouldn’t be up for debate anyways because it's wrong. I am against this statement and I’m going to tell you why.

I have recently read “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”, which has opened my eyes to the issues of slavery. Due to this, I believe I would if I could vote for Abraham Lincoln. Yes, he embodies most of my wants as a citizen of the north and as the wife of a factory owner. Firstly, he supports the continental railroad to connect the nation. I don’t particularly care about the whole “preserving the nation” thing, but as a Northerner I would like the West open for trade to the North. A railroad will surely bring in good profit for my husband’s business. Another quality in him I find admirable is his stance of slavery in the West. He believes that it should not spread to the West, with which I completely and utterly agree. If slavery were to spread, my husband’s

I am your wife, even though you chose to have an affair, I still strongly believe that you care about my well-being. This marriage isn’t over and needs work, but I believe with determination and faith we can restore this. Talking to me is one of the things that we can both do to strengthen our relationship. Moving past your mistakes and seeing what went wrong and fixed it might just be the solution. I understand though if you no longer desire to be with me. In the hope that, you will read this letter and its points about standing up and doing the right thing you will decide to tell the truth about Abigail and what she’s doing.

Innocent people were accused and blamed for witchcraft, in The Crucible and with McCarthyism, people that didn't practice communism were accused anyways. In The Crucible, Elizabeth Proctor was accused by Abigail, the reason she did so is because she wanted to be with John Proctor, Elizabeth’s husband. The proof they used was, ¨´Tis hard proof! I find here a poppet Goody Proctor keeps. I have found it, sir. And in the belly of the poppet a needle’s stuck¨ (Miller 78?). The truth of the matter, is that Mary Warren is the one that put the needle in the poppet. They used false and wrong evidence to say that Elizabeth was a witch. This was also shown in the article

Arthur Miller conveys an intrusive community where characters strive for a clean name in The Crucible, which is still evident in modern day through the action of politicians and celebrities maintaining their images using different communication techniques. The Salem witchcraft crisis reflects the personal reputation of the characters, similar to how Americans make decisions based on their appearance on social media. The Crucible is useful to modern Americans because they can learn from the past through mistakes and common themes that are presented in the play.

Is the search of Al-Qaeda or other terrorist groups a modern witch hunt. What connection can YoU make between the Crucible and the war against terror. Should we blame other countries for what they have done by their blind leaders.

Dylan Shockley Nadia Johnson English II 4 December, 2015 Forgive us Our Sins... Dear residents of Salem and those of the afflicted, In this letter I hope to communicate to you the depth of my sorrow and unending guilt for the tragedy that occurred in Salem. What happened was completely and utterly unforgivable, and I understand that it was something of the Devil’s work which we carried out. The sins of all of the accusers and the jury for selfish exploitation can be comparable to the act of attacking our lord, and for that, we will be forever forced to carry the guilt of our actions until death do we part from this earth.

This sudden accusation startled me. I didn’t know what was happening nor did I know how to respond to such a situation. Tears shed down my face for a false blame and I was in misery. I believe that I am a victim. I believe I could not have, not in a million years, committed a crime as such to kill someone so close to me. Someone that meant so much to me. Someone I loved as a dear family member.

Proctor. For the first and only time in the play we see Abigail as her

Joseph McCarthy, the notorious US senator who causes the McCarthyism era in the 1940s to the 1960s to arise, deceives the American people to lose trust with each other because of suspicion of Communism. McCarthy does not have a really great reputation before following the route of corruption. He simply over exaggerates the growing tension of Communism credits from President Harry Truman’s speech. His reign continues to grow until, “In early 1954 he opened hearings investigating the promotion of an Army dentist, Irving Peress, who was suspected of being a Communist. The Army-McCarthy hearings were televised and made for grand theater as McCarthy sparred with the Army's counsel Joseph Welch” (Capps). Joseph McCarthy is an arrogant and an overconfident man who thinks he can win every court cases until the very end. He believes that whatever