Fall 2021 Semester Final Project

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- Evanna Stark -

EST.2021

Heat in a crucible

III. Connection

V. Gratitude

VI. Biblio

II. Parallel

IV. Significance

I. Quote

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this presentation will be revolved around This quote -- written in the introductory of this play by Arthur Miller is...

A quote from The Crucible

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- Arthur Miller -

"People were being torn apart, their loyalty to one another crushed and ... common human decency was going down the drain. It's indescribable, really, because you'd get the feeling that nothing was going to be sacred anymore. The situations were so exact it was quite amazing. The ritual was the same."

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Witch Trials - Red Scare

Parallel between 250 years

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Red

Witch

The mentioned quote draws parallels between two major memorable events in history, the Salem Witch Trials of 1692, and the Red Scare of 1947-1954. Though the interval between them is large, there are many correlations between these two events. Click "WITCH" to read about the Salem Witch Trials. Select "RED" to read about the Red Scare.

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Read on

Both the Salem Witch Trials and the Red Scare have a major thing in common - paranoia, chaos, and uncertainty all in one community during a period of time. In both periods, communities became a war zone, unstable times called for extreme measures. Click "READ ON" for more detail in these two events and their ties with the quote.

So, Parallel?

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Of then and now

Connections

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Read on

You now know the parallelism between two major events, and between those two events and the quote mentioned at the beginning of the presentation. So, what connection is there between the quote and our current national and political climate? Click "READ ON" to continue.

Connection?

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What do you take from this quote?

Significance

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"People were being torn apart, their loyalty to one another crushed and ... common human decency was going down the drain. It’s indescribable, really, because you’d get the feeling that nothing was going to be sacred anymore. The situations were so exact it was quite amazing. The ritual was the same." Click "READ" to hear about the significance of Arthur Miller's quote.

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THANK YOU!

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History.com Editors. “Salem Witch Trials.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 4 Nov. 2011, www.history.com/topics/colonial-america/salem-witch-trials. History.com Editors. “Red Scare.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 1 June 2010, www.history.com/topics/cold-war/red-scare.

Bibiography