Cancel culture is a heavily discussed topic in today’s world. Some see it as one of the most toxic trends that is happening in the world, while others think that it is an adequate tool to use to help hold celebrities and internet users accountable. Some even think that cancel culture itself does not exist. While most users see it as a pointless tool, cancelling culture is a necessary evil. It is a way to hold citizens accountable for their actions, but how some are in the media, can go to the extreme. While reading The Crucible, the afflicted girls in the play take the idea of canceling someone too far. The girls insist on “canceling” or telling the judges that certain villagers were witches just to kick them out of the community. By doing …show more content…
In her tweet, she mentions her hatred for the term “people who menstrate” instead of using the word “women”. This caused an uproar within her fanbase and many stopped supporting the author. In later years, she would continue her argument and affirm her beliefs against transgender individuals (Husain). Nevertheless, most humans would see any type of discrimination as a line not to cross. Society has a moral code of ethics they live by. For most, this means not discriminating against anyone, no matter how others may disagree with their lifestyle. Although there is some hope that a majority of humans would want to live in a world where everyone is able to be themselves and where no one can tell them not to, others still feel the need to want everyone to live like them. Moreover, a large part of canceling happens when someone is openly discriminating against someone for just being who they are. The internet recognizes a person who says something openly racist, sexist, or homophobic against someone online, as a hateful …show more content…
Wright, when a group of participants of the same minority group were exposed to a fictional scenario of a racist or sexist incident and then shown comments canceling the fictional perpetrators, the group that was shown the comments were more likely to feel validation in their hurt and were more likely to try and enact change. This study helps show that the action of canceling an influencer or a business is not an unnecessary action, but one that can help make real change (Traversa). “Canceling is a way to acknowledge that you don’t have to have the power to change structural inequality. You don’t even have to have the power to change all public sentiment. But as an individual, you can still have power beyond measure.” stated Anne Charity Hudley, North Hall Endowed Chair in the Linguistics of African America at the University of California, Santa Barbara in an article published by Vox. By using the ability to boycott companies, most people are able to show their support for a specific cause (Dudenhoefer). Obviously, the internet is a relatively new way for people of all backgrounds, ages, and minorities to show their support for the causes they believe in. This has also allowed others online who have seen these types of posts to learn and possibly support
On June 15, 2016, she, a black cis woman, shared a series of tweets, including one from a TERF (trans-exclusionary radical feminist). TERFs hijack popular feminist posts and use them to rally against trans women (usually by wording their posts to include trans women with cis men). The only safe policy to prevent the spread of transmisogyny is to call out TERFs and to refuse to share their content (or at least strip attribution first).
The Crucible was a rather strong book, it had battles both internal and external, there were also betrayals and vendettas… but a few stuck strong to their morals of what was wrong, and what was right. After the girl’s acts were, undoubtedly, in the eyes of the law, seen as entirely real, people who would not otherwise have been accused of witchcraft were now eligible to be under Satan’s spell. One John Proctor, saw himself above the nonsense, that witches could not exist in Salem, his wife, his children nor him; But, when Mary Warren said to the court that he used his spirit to drag her into court to testify against the girls, the judges deemed her word more truthful than his. After actively and repeatedly denying the claims, he was sentenced to death, for only a witch could lie in the face of god.
Is there any idea worth more than a human life? In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, John Proctor decides that he has nothing left to live for, and therefore becomes a martyr. The question for him or one in his position would be whether or not there exist causes worth dying for and if his position is one such case. There is no principle worth more than a person’s life and therefore principles worth dying for, only principles worth living for.
Arthur Miller’s 1953 play The Crucible and Alfonso Cuarón’s 2006 dystopian science-fiction film Children of Men both represent people and politics through an exploration of the concept of justice and conformity and non-conformity. Both texts represent people and politics in a unique and evocative way through their differing textual forms, contexts and techniques.
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?What is left when honor is lost?? Publilius Syrus' quote, though dating from 100 B.C., still seems pertinent to our era (Quotations). Many people still feel that once integrity is lost they are nothing and many are willing to stand up to keep their integrity. Without integrity, we are nothing. During the time that Arthur Miller wrote his most famous play, The Crucible, innocent men and women are accused of having Communist leanings. Their whole lives are ruined in a short amount of time because they refuse to compromise themselves by selling out their friends. Miller tries to make a statement about these unfair trials by comparing them to the Salem witch-hunts and trials of 1692. The main protagonist of his play is a man named John Proctor who is accused of witchcraft but stands up to maintain his name and his honor, even though he is hanged for it. During the H.U.A.C. trials some took stands for their beliefs with the knowledge of possibly being shunned by society. Knowing this, instead of taking the cowards' way and giving the names of their friends, they refuse to tell the committee anything in the same way that John Proctor stands up against a court that is ruining the lives of innocent people.
Salem in the 1600s was a textbook example of an extremist society with sexist norms and no separation of church and state. Because it had no laws, only people considered authorities on law, it was always a society based on norms laid down by the first settlers and severity on the verge of madness. The power was imbalanced, focused subjectively in the people who had means to control others. Some people attempted to right the wrongs of the powerful, as people are wont to do eventually. Because of them, change indeed came to Salem, slowly and after excessive ruin and death. Before the rebels’ impact took hold, Salem’s Puritan society was a religious dystopian disaster, a fact illustrated excellently by Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible. This religious dystopian disaster carried many flaws and conflicts that can be seen in other societies, both historical and modern.
After the ending of the Civil War in 1865, slavery was, at last, formally abolished by the Thirteenth Amendment. Due to the freedom of these African Americans and the South’s ever-growing hatred towards this group, African Americans were left to suffer harsh discrimination and horrible conditions. Africans Americans were left without homes, education, jobs, or money. Reconstruction was the Radical Republicans’ attempt to try and bring the Confederate states back to normal and unite both the South and the North into a whole country once again. Reconstruction was also set to protect and help the newly freed African Americans assimilate to the new society and the foreign economy they were placed in. Conditions of the African Americans in the South before, during, and after the reconstruction period were no doubt harsh. African Americans, before the Reconstruction Era, struggled to assimilate with the hateful society they were thrown in, if not still slaves. Although their condition improved slightly, African Americans during the reconstruction period experienced extreme terrorism, discrimination, pressure, and hatred from the south, along with the struggle of keeping alive. After the military was taken out of the South, African Americans’ condition after the Reconstruction Era relapsed back as if Reconstruction never happened.
Xenophobia is defined as the intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries or backgrounds. Xenophobia often ignites the fire that leads to witch hunts. Witch hunts are defined as a campaign directed against a person or group holding unorthodox or unpopular views. Xenophobic people use fear of the unknown to stir up trouble and cast a dark shadow on outsiders. People fear the potential loss of their reputation or position. One bad apple does not determine the quality of a bunch.
Both the struggles of young women to conform to standards set by their societies and the struggles of all people to uphold their reputations—in the Puritan culture and today’s world—are prominent issues displayed in The Crucible and Conversion. These societal standards put unjust pressure on women to appear “perfect.” Whether it is as an ideal Puritan, a loyal friend, or a prepared college girl, everyone wants to have a pristine reputation. Conformity is often seen as a way to be perfect and obtain a perfect reputation, when in reality, it is not. Seen mostly in young women in The Crucible, conformity plays a role in causing the problems which eventually result in multiple deaths. In the Puritan society, everyone knew everything about the
hysteria brought about by the witchcraft scare in The Crucible leads to the upheaval in people’s differentiation between right and wrong, fogging their sense of true justice.
... Barreto, M. (2009). Collective Action in Modern Times: How Modern Expressions of Prejudice Prevent Collective Action. Journal of Social Issues, 749-768.
The Crucible is a famous play written by Arthur Miller in the Early 1950’s. It was written during the “Red scare, when McCarthyism was established. Many anti-communists wanted to prevent communism from spreading just like in The Crucible many wanted to get rid of witchcraft. Many would accuse others of witchcraft in order to not be accused just like many would accuse people of communism. In The Crucible witchcraft would be punishable by death. Many were scared to be accused; therefore many would admit practicing witchcraft in order to save their lives. The Crucible is considered a good play because it is based on real life events during the Salem witch Trials and shows how fear played a role in the individual’s life just like during the “Red” scare.
Isolation of an individual from the judgement of society morally strengthens them. John Proctor, from Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is a prime example of this. He was influenced by the evils lurking in the society of Puritan Massachusetts. Although the people of Salem considered themselves righteous and pure, many of them were not. They were overly watchful and judgemental of their neighbors, which lead to a corrupt church. It was lead by a mislead Reverend, and his lying niece, Abigail. Such unscrupulous behavior in the town deceived people and lead them away from their fundamental Puritan beliefs. However, John Proctor's isolation from the town showed that he grew stronger because he favored what Elizabeth thought of him, and his faith and
The geography/setting is extremely important and a key factor in every story. The Crucible is about the Salem witch trials that took place in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. The people there were Puritans, which were people who tried to purify the Church of England but moved to the New World to practice their own religion. How and why does the geography/setting matter in The Crucible? The geography/setting matters in The Crucible because it gives the reader an idea about what the lifestyle was like and sets the mood of the story.