The Crucible is widely recognized as a thinly veiled allegory of McCarthyism. Similarly, many people use the term "witch hunt" to describe the paranoid search for a perceived threat to social order by an entire community. Can you think of any modern day "witch hunts"? How are they similar to and different from the witch hunt in The Crucible?
Monday, November 10, 2014
Blog #12: Contemporary "Witch Hunts"
After reading The Crucible, consider the following prompt. Your 250-300 word response and two comments are due by Friday, Nov. 14th at 11:59 pm.
The Crucible is widely recognized as a thinly veiled allegory of McCarthyism. Similarly, many people use the term "witch hunt" to describe the paranoid search for a perceived threat to social order by an entire community. Can you think of any modern day "witch hunts"? How are they similar to and different from the witch hunt in The Crucible?
The Crucible is widely recognized as a thinly veiled allegory of McCarthyism. Similarly, many people use the term "witch hunt" to describe the paranoid search for a perceived threat to social order by an entire community. Can you think of any modern day "witch hunts"? How are they similar to and different from the witch hunt in The Crucible?
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