The Crucible and The Great Fear Comparison Essay

Theodore Roosevelt once said, â€Å"We have nothing to fear but fear itself.† What is fear? Fear can be a noun or a verb. In the noun form, it is an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat. In the verb form, it is to be afraid of someone or something that is dangerous, painful, or threatening. If one person looks into fear, then that person becomes feared. But imagine a whole society or community looking into fear. The fear not only gets larger as it spreads, but it also gets more fearful than it already is. The power of fear can be displayed in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible and in Ronald Oakley’s â€Å"The Great Fear†. As fear moves on from one mind to the next, it leaves the†¦show more content†¦In Salem, people were being accused without solid proof and the court couldn’t believe their hearings because their minds were manipulated by Abigail’s wily tricks. Th e townspeople became worried and pressured because more and more people were being sentenced to hang each day. Therefore, they felt the urge to name names of other people in order to save their own lives. For example, when Putnam says that Tituba should be hanged, she says â€Å"No,no, don’t hang Tituba!...† (Miller 931) and she starts to confess four names that she â€Å"saw with the Devil†. In â€Å"The Great Fear†, people were afraid that their names might appear on blacklists. Blacklists prevented them from obtaining a job. â€Å"Some appeared before HUAC and name names of colleagues who were communists or suspected communists or who had tried to recruit them for the cause.† (Oakley 214). People were afraid of becoming corrupt and penniless so they were pressured to name names. In both The Crucible and â€Å"The Great Fear†, leaders, who had the chance to turn the hysteria around, misused their power and made the situation worse. In The Crucible, Danforth was the highest magistrate in the court of Salem. He gained power by signing his signature to hangings and sentences to jail. â€Å"And do you know that near to four hundred are in the jails from Marblehead to Lynn, and upon my signature? And seventy-two condemned to hang by that signature?† – Danforth (Miller 959). However,Show MoreRelatedPace Rhythm - Ib English a Hl Paper 22293 Words   |  10 PagesArthur Miller s The Crucible variations of pace and rhythm are utilized in order to attract or heighten the attention of the audience. However, in order to determine the manner in which variations of pace and rhythm affect the audience interruptions to routines, the juxtaposition of calm and hysteria, the use of pace to reflect tension and the way in which structure influences the interest of the audience need to be taken into consideration. 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