crow... like a judge… like a dark angel…”. This quote from “Half-Hanged Mary” is a symbol of what people felt about themselves and their verdict they had at this point and time in their life. In “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller, “Half-Hanged Mary” by Margaret Atwood, and in the cartoon “It’s okay… we’re hunting Communist” by Herb Block all show that a society under stress will always have a scapegoat. The people in these pieces of literature are a perfect representation of someone or a group of
a burden and economic waste to a family, and many young female infants are left on the streets, or if they are lucky, they are left at shelter homes. In The Handmaid’s Tale, the handmaids were faced with a similar procedure, “We didn’t know exactly what would happen to the babies that … were declared Unbabies. But we knew they were put somewhere, quickly, away” (Atwood 113). If the baby they conceived is affected physically/mentally by the toxins and pollution, they are sent away. They don’t explain
Their lives were dominated by pursuit of a perfect lifestyle, not giving any other man, woman, or child more power than God. The obsession drove the Puritans to see the devil in everything and pushed them to accusing neighbors of witchcraft. In the Crucible any suspicious tendencies always lead to the accusation of witchcraft. Any odd actions are always caused by being caught in the Devil's snare.“She cannot bear the Lord’s name, Mr. Hale; that’s a sure sign of witchcraft afloat.” (Miller, 35)
The Negative Effects on Scapegoats ¨When societies come under stress these kinds of things happen. People start looking around for essentially human sacrifices. They start looking around for someone they can blame,¨ Margaret Atwood proclaimed in her interview with Bill Moyers. Going through the poem ¨Half Hanged Mary¨ by Margaret Atwood, The Crucible by Arthur Miller, and Herb Block cartoon ¨It's okay-- we're hunting Communists¨ from Washington Post, it is easy to see why people have used scapegoating
The Power of The Devil “The Crucible” shows how a society with people who have no power will grab the opportunity to get some when there is a chance, even if it means harming others in the way. Modern societies have not changed that much since Puritan times, power is still something almost everyone craves and many people forget to look out for others when they are given the opportunity of power. Although one may argue that the men in a Puritan society typically hold the most power. Ironically