The Crucible vs. The Holocaust
The Holocaust and The Crucible are not so different. There are some points of similarity which compare the two together and show how history can easily repeat itself. One of the major comparisons is the people who order the killings themselves.
Adolf Hitler and Danforth have a good amount in common. Both of them have no good reason for sentencing people to death but more just want it to happen because they have the power to do it as Giles says in The Crucible. “Say nothin' more, John. He's only playin' you! He means to hang us all!” It is clear that Danforth has a senseless reason for killing people because he chooses to believe that witchcraft is real like Hitler chooses to believe that Germans are a powerful race and Jews cause all of the world’s problems. Danforth just needs someone to confess themselves of witchcraft so that he and the court may look good to the public. Jews and witchcraft are easy things to blame problems on if you can convince people to believe they are causing them. Jewish people and Witchcraft are a lot easier to see as the cause of issues in life than facing real problems such as sickness or political fights. Hitler captured people in his speeches with his promises of a better Germany, but he also showed his hate of Jews in the process. “It was Hitler’s belief that the Jews had too much money, land and the power of the press.” Hitler caused hysteria against Jews by creating this frame of mind that they were the cause of all things bad just like Abigail did to Salem. Unfortunately, the people who are completely innocent in these cases get punished the most.
In both the Salem witch trials and the Holocaust many people were killed who were not originally targeted. The Nazis were responsible for the deaths of a lot of non Jewish people. “The Holocaust...