because it’s the 21st century and this world has had many advances since the time were a person was told which religion they had to worship. That is not the case. Religious persecution was a problem that began back when the neolithic revolution occurred and has not gone away in today’s world. One of the worst acts of religious persecution in modern day history is the Holocaust‚ and many other acts of hatred towards a person because of their religion have gone on that aren’t as bad as the Holocaust.Even
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proved that between the first persecution under Nero in 64 to the Edict of Milan in 313‚ Christians experienced 129 years of persecution. Since the fifth century‚ there have been ten major persecutions and that is not counting the minor ones. The Holocaust started in the late 1938s and ended in 1945 during World War II and was one of the major persecutions. The events of The Crucible and the Holocaust both occurred because of the strong mindset of awful leaders (Persecution in the Early Church). Hitler
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afraid of devil which shows the Miller’s story The Crucible. This horrible fear shaped the society of Salem and as it happened a lot of women were killed. As Dorothy Thompson said: "The most destructive element in the human mind is fear. Fear creates aggressiveness". The book which I read is the story about how the society was manipulated by the fear of the unknown or different. Therefore‚ in my opinion people in Salem were afraid of a devil and this fear shaped their society to judge and perceive normal
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Prosecution of Hamlet Members of the jury‚ As we have heard‚ Hamlet pleades that the place where the fault for his actions resides is not in him‚ but in the condition of his psyche and mind. He‚ Hamlet‚ has confessed not to his crimes‚ but to his insanity. His argument stands strong‚ seeing as how it is quite near impossible to imagine how any mentally sane individual could knowingly carry out such deeds as he. But now I plead with you‚ members of this esteemed jury‚ to consider for just a moment
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Long ago‚ there was an ancient race of aliens that each had their own unique positions among society. These aliens were ruled by four perfidious‚ prodigious rulers. Each ruler had their own sector with aliens that had specific jobs. These aliens were not allowed to have their own opinions or thoughts on a subject or what their rulers did‚ if they tried to reason or argue with anyone‚ they were killed. The four rulers were each in charge of planets that they intended to colonize‚ but one soldier was
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Fear is one of the leading reasons that influence people’s decision making in life. The dictionary defines fear as‚ “A feeling of agitation and anxiety caused by the presence or imminence of danger”. This feeling‚ present in everyone’s life at some point‚ is more influential than one might think. Everywhere in the world today people live in fear‚ whether it is terrorism‚ robbery or something as simple as criticism‚ this feeling of fear causes people to do unusual things. In Arthur Miller’s play‚
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Persecution of the Christians To understand to what degree and how the Christians were persecuted in the Roman Empire it would be essential to understand the origins‚ of Christianity in the 1st Centaury BCE‚ also the first Christian emperor Constantine‚ and how today it is one of the world’s most popular religions with over two billion followers. It is also important to point out the differing views relating to the extent‚ on how the Christians were persecuted. According to the myth or story told
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Fear is a strong tool to use when persuading people and trying to get what you want. Just as if a murder held a gun to someone’s head‚ that person would be submissive to the murderer‚ Jonathon Edwards and characters in The Crucible install fear into people to achieve certain goals. Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God uses fear for good and to help people‚ while The Crucible uses it for both good and as an evil way to manipulate people. Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God is a sermon preached
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In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible it is explicitly shown that fear induces people to denounce their beliefs in order to protect their life from being threatened‚ or taken away. As seen in The Crucible‚ when someone is in a situation that impulses fear one tends to lie about certain details in order to protect themselves‚ without minding the effects on others. In this play Mary Warren‚ a timid and weak young girl‚ was the first to announce that the witchcraft accusations were nothing but false claims
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Dictation by Fear As the Twin Towers fell to the ground‚ mass chaos spread throughout the United States. Among many other overwhelming feelings‚ many Americans were left in question and accusations. The motives of the terrorists were unknown and many Americans’ fear overtook a sense of logic. With fear fueling the minds of many Americans‚ many began to take illogical and unjustified actions. A stereotype developed amongst the Muslim society‚ which has still shrugged them from American society
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