The dark witches sing their evil song and dance around the cauldron of fire help us oh god hectate send your rage dogs to avenge us. This is the image of modern paganism or neopaganism. Unfortunately, it is very incorrect, since they worship Hectate, Wiccans are bound not to harm anyone, at least in its modern form. Hence the creation of white magic (Wicca) and black magic (Witchcraft). Witches and other practitioners of religions other than Christianity such as the Mormon movement and the Prophet Joseph Smith were persecuted for many years. The fact is that “9 million people” were not persecuted, in fact many Christian leaders protected them from the mobs.
In fact these numbers are propaganda and persecution against the Christian faith itself. The case is that hysteria and a more enhanced word for it “drama”. Even in high school people want drama, the National Inquirer remains one of the best-selling magazines in the US despite its notorious slander cases that have reached the heights of the US legal system. This slander or controversy contributes to the bandwagon effect that everyone wants to be a part of. People throw all logic overboard with any kind of controversy or drama. Even best-selling author Dan Brown, author of The Da Vinci Code, attributes this to this, considering it one of the reasons for the success of his books and stating that “Everyone loves a conspiracy.” There is something tied up in human hearts that replaces logic with lies and turns fear into hysteria.
“It is difficult, however, to feel that the political complexities inherent in The Crucible have been approached by Mr. Miller with comparable sensitivity. It is true that he has denied the intention of a contemporary reference in the work, choosing to see in it only the tragedy of another society. But it would be foolhardy of Mr. Miller to pretend that our current cultural climate did not always have a place in the forefront of his mind. Surely then, he can see that the Salem witch hunts and our own varieties virulent are parallel only in their effects, not in their causes. (Richard Hayes “Hysteria and Ideology in The Crucible (1953)”) Author Miller searched for passages to support his point of view and his metaphor of McCarthyism. It is true that he changed Abigail’s age as one of the key characters in his novel and as an antagonist. He combined many judges into one so that he could control which court was heard and their reactions and punishments. He ends his play as a tragedy when, in fact, many survived on Salem’s witch trails. In addition, the families of the victims were compensated with monetary means or with land.
The fear of communism has led to what is known as “McCarthyism, named after Joseph McCarthy, was a period of intense anti-communism, also known as the (second) Red Terror, which occurred in the United States from 1948 to around 1956 (or later). ), when the United States government actively persecuted the Communist Party USA, its leaders, and other suspected communists” (Wikipedia’s free encyclopedia) When McCarthyism was first televised time and Joesph McCarthy’s controversial tactics were exposed. This was the inspiration for the book “The Crucible by Arthur Miller”, he used the Salem stelae as a metaphor for McCarthyism that took place in the 1950’s. Arthur Miller uses drama as a canvas to paint a picture of propaganda and distortion. Arthur Miller is the Michel Moore of the 1950s, unaware of the efforts being made to protect civil liberties in our county. He sees national security as buffoonery, as an attempt to undermine the communists and their party and free speech. Arthur Miller oversimplifies things in the metaphor of him between the 1950s and the Salem witch trials. An example of this is that there were communists in the 1950s, but in Salem, as far as we know, they were known witches. A current event that relates to this is the USA Patriot Act, which President Bush is criticized by many as violating civil rights, but in fact has saved us from multiple terrorist acts. Just as in the 1950s the trials of the communists helped us win the cold war and avoid a third world war. The fact is that hysteria is sometimes helpful because it focuses our attention on a real threat and helps us prevent it.
Arthur Miller is a revolutionary in his own haughty eyes. He sees the world through a narrow tunnel and is interpreted as having an open mind. His ideas, thoughts, and actions are the reason the US government was thought to be plotting against them. Now anyone who reads this article says what about free speech. Freedom of expression is a wonder and a beauty of this great country in which we live. But censorship must come into play when you can make bombs on the Internet. You could read a book and now believe you have to kill yourself, like the Heaven Gate Cult that used scripts, holy texts, and professional websites to convince 39 people to take their own lives. Or the Oklahoma City bombing where the madman found instructions for making pipe bombs on the Internet or from research in public libraries. Arthur Miller is a propagandist, bringing up great points but presenting ideology and drama with little to no substance, evidence, or constructive criticism. The world is safer without the propaganda of Arthur Miller. Without the controversial “drama” and lies. Terry Pratchett, aka Diggers, once said, “The problem with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming in and trying to put things in it.” We live in a world full of deceit, it is difficult to separate fact from fiction, truth from lies. We must strive to define our ideas as of our own creation, not influenced by any outside intervention.
