In his play, "The Crucible" Arthur Miller uses the character Giles to show how an antisocial individual who possesses little sway on a community's opinion may recognize faults in the community causing him to act heroically in order to be heard. In the beginning Arthur Miller introduces Giles as an annoying fool who does little to help the community. ... After hearing many arguments and realizing the problem in his community Giles begins to change from a passive person into an activist of his own ideas. ... As the hearing continues Giles begins to show his astute knowledge and ...

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Set during the 1692 Salem hearings, The Crucible parallels McCarthy's persecution of Communists. In both The Crucible and the McCarthy hearings, persecution of certain people in society is the root of the crises. ... The trials are clearly an attack on women in the community and on those who stand in the girls' path. ... Out of this fear, fifty percent of Americans supported McCarthy before the hearings.... The girls gain support from the community because they know that if there is witchcraft occurring, it is up to them to discern the evil spirits. ...

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The fact that Salem was a Puritan community did not help matters either. ... Anyone who was not in good standing with the church was not even allowed in the community (Carey 42). ... At the first of the drama Proctor is not conccerned with the witch madness or anything to do with the community. One can see Proctor's lack of interest in the community when Thomas putnam states: I never heard you worried so on this society, Mr. ... McCarthy was ruthless in his investigations; anyone who opposed his hearings or even criticized them was quickly defending himself on the charges that he was a co...

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Lots of people think that the McCarthy hearings of the 1950s are a repeat of history from the Salem witch-hunts of 1692. ... All personal respect would be lost along with that of the community. ... The McCarthy hearings, though unfair, were more just than the Salem witch trials. ... The Salem witch trials and the McCarthy hearings are very similar and from very different times in history. ... Let us hope that history does not repeat itself again according to Salem witch-hunts and McCarthy hearings. ...

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His struggle to make a living with his crops gets him into trouble with the very religious Puritan community of Salem Massachusetts. ... Proctor still wants to dismiss the hearings but his wife uses his guilt about adultery to extract a promise that he will expose Abigail as a fraud. ... He was struggling not to get involved with the trials and yet he still wanted to live his own life not being told what to do by other people while still being like by other people in the community. ... He didn't want his sons to have them see there father being shunned by the community. ...

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Mob mentality can destroy communities and is in the case of The Crucible. ... (Hitler) Hearing this the people of Germany including many of the soldiers went out and fought the enemy without considering the circumstances. ...

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In a community that places much emphasis upon church attendance, he has not been the most faithful of worshippers. ... He is also favorably disposed toward Elizabeth after hearing her spirited defense of her life as a conscientious Christian woman. ...

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