"The Crucible" And Cartoon Commentary?
Please Read The Linked Political Cartoons And Blog About How They Specifically Connect With Arthur Miller's Intent For Writing The Crucible and The Political Cartoons.
Please Quote Which Cartoon You Are Referencing When You Respond. This
blog response should be completed by 3:31p.m. on Monday, December 10th, 2018.
posted by Greg T at Sunday, December 02, 2018
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In the Political Cartoon "Fire" it represents the idea that when our society begins to panic and freak out we take away our justice and freedom and we don't stop and think what is being taken away from us. This relates to "The Crucible" because the town is panicking over witches and witchcraft and everyone is pointing fingers at everyone else, because people are scared and afraid. Then their are other people that use witchcraft is a cover up for their insecurities.
In the Political Cartoon ¨I have here in my hand... ¨, Joseph McCarthy, the senator, accused the army of promoting communists. The Senate held special hearings called the Army-McCarthy hearings where individuals were put on trial for promoting communists. Also in the cartoon, the judge is holding up two pictures and one of them is fake. This represents how the court is being fed false information. Similarly, in the Crucible, individuals are put on trial for interacting with the devil or taking part in witchcraft, also known as the Salem witch trials. Also, the girls are faking their actions in court and telling lies so they are also feeding the court false information. Both the Salem Witch Trials and Army-McCarthy hearings are a series of hearings and prosecutions of people who are accused. I believe Arthur Miller's motive for writing the Crucible was the Army-McCarthy hearings and the Salem witch trials that were happening in society.
The cartoon, “Fire!”, represents an extremely interesting time period in American history while connecting deeply to the book, “The Crucible.” In this image a man representing the term hysteria, mass panic, is running up a ladder with a bucket of water to stop a fire from progressing. There is a much deeper meaning to this image. The fire represents freedom and liberty of the people. This man represents the chaos and the idea of trying to be helpful when reality he is just adding to the chaos. This relates to The Crucible tremendously. In the play everyone is running around accusing people of being witches and just spreading rumors of witchcraft. This is similar to the cartoon because the people are running around causing unnecessary chaos and just fueling the fire. Overall, the image has a significantly deeper meaning that has a major connection to the play, The Crucible.
The hysteria and paranoia in the Crucible were reflected during the Red Scare. In the cartoon "I have here in my hand...", the senator, Joseph McCarthy, was accused of promoting communists. Everyone in America was suspicious of everyone for even the smallest things. If something was out of place it was accused of communism.
In the political cartoon "Fire" I think it means the panic of the people in or society of our modern world. Moe closely I think its the franticness the society plays when our freedom is taken away in a sort and it gets out of control like a domino effect. In relations to "The crucible" there's a lot of tension between the town I feel like. There are things being sad about Witchcraft and rumors are going around on who to blame. Just like our society I think this correlates
In the political cartoon "You read books, eh?" shows that there was no one trust in each other. So many people were fired and questioned about being a communist. The trust in the United States was lost. Everyone started blaming each other and pointing figures at innocent people. I think that this relates to "The Crucible" because the same thing happened in the town. The girls all started blaming innocent people for their actions. The trust in the town was completely lost. Innocent people were sent to prison and questioned for actions they have no proof of. It was everyone else's fault except the girls.
In the political cartoon ¨It's okay- We're Hunting Communists¨ it is similar to The Crucible because the town is hunting people that are involved in witchcraft rather than communists. The people in the political cartoon are hunting for what they do not believe in because they believe it is wrong, which tears the town to pieces because everyone is fighting for something. This is similar because in The Crucible many people in the town are hunting for the ¨witches¨ which is also tearing up the town because no one trusts each other because anyone could be lying about anything. Innocent people in both the political cartoon and The Crucible were sent to jail for things they did not do. Arthur Miller could have used this political cartoon to spark some connections to The Crucible because both the play and cartoon very much connect with each other.
The cartoon with the man climbing the ladder shows how certain characters in the crucible trying to trump others to gain status and reputation, even if it means destroying the reputation of others.
In the political cartoon "Fire!", it shows the way people react to things not going there way. It represents a dark time when communists abroad increases anxiety and frustrations at home. Communism was threatening American liberties. This connects ti the crucible because they both are trying to get rid of something. In the crucible it's which craft and in the cartoon in Communism.
Just like how everyone attacks each other in The Crucible and constantly blames others to get out of trouble the cartoon, "It's okay – We're hunting Communists" shows how no one is safe from the accusations and the same applies to the play.
In the political cartoon "Fire" it represents the panic of people and how when we start to panic we are taking our own freedom and justice away by overreacting. This cartoon relates to the Crucible because everyone in the town is in a panic about witchcraft. With everyone in a panic they all start to point fingers at each other and blame everyone but themselves for what has happened. This cartoon also shows how when one person starts to panic it becomes sort of a domino effect which leads to everyone else panicking. The Crucible shows this because when one person started to get worried about witchcraft in the town everyone else did as well. This still relates to today's society because everyone still overreacts about the smallest things, which causes a huge panic among everyone else involved.
the political cartoon "Fire!" relates to "The Crucible" in many ways. The fire shows that right now in "The Crucible" is chaotic. The fire is showing the heat going on in their society and the disaster that their in. The man climbing the ladder is trying to make the fire go out, with his bucket of water, but in reality he is just making it worse, and is spreading the fire. Thats like everyone in the book, because they are all lying to try to make it better, but in reality, it is just making it all worse, and the fire bigger.
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