SARAH GOOD AND DOROTHY PARKER

SARAH GOOD

• Elderly homeless lady and the town's drunk who often begs to survive
• She is accused of witchcraft by Abigail and, consequently, gets a trial
• During the trials she confesses to witchcraft to save herself
• She uses her confession to scare others
• Character from the play "The Crucible"

DOROTHY PARKER

• She was born in New Jersey the 22 of August, 1893
• She was writer and specialized in short stories, poems, social criticism
• Co founder of an anti-nazi organization
• Part of the american communist league and because of this...
• Her and her husband were accused of communism in 1950 (she denied this)

SIMILARITIES

• Both female
• Both accused of "a crime"
• Neither were executed in the end

DIFFERENCES

• Lived in different time periods (Salem witch trials/Red Scare)
• One was poor, one was not
• One was uneducated, the other very intelligent
• One was innocent, the other was "guilty" (of communism)
• One was accused of witchcraft and the other of communism

SO WHAT?

• Why would Miller write about the witch trials during the Red Scare?
• They are both time periods when people would turn on each other
• Either from superstitions, for personal gain or for fun
• The result: lots of innocents were accused and even found guilty

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• https://prezi.com/jegaj-nk0ogn/hunting-witches-in-salem-and-in-the-1950s/
• www.litcharts.com/lit/the-crucible/characters
• www.gradesaver.com/the-crucible/study-guide/character-lost

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