Liberty And Oppression In Arthur Miller's Analysis

Accusations and judgements have always been apart of the world’s culture. Whether people witness it or experience it. Across the span of history, hundreds of groups have been targeted based on race, gender, and beliefs. Liberty and Oppression has adapted from the 1600’s to the 1990’s through the steps taken towards liberation, and how society views them now.

The citizens of Salem that were accused of witchcraft were a large group that experienced oppression in the 1690’s. When the theory of witchcraft erupted in Salem people began indulging in this madness that everyone they knew was actually dancing with the devil. They didn’t recognize how to handle this issue leading them to “hang them high over the town! Who weeps for these, weeps for corruption” (Miller Act IV). Miller emphasises the fashion of how Salem as a community handled the issue of witchcraft. It explains how in Salem being a “witch” or being accused of one is terrible and that the only way towards liberation was lying or admitting to witchcraft, which saved them from being executed. Modern society now views witchcraft and wizardry as intriguing and mysterious, instead of satanic. We have entire franchises that revolve around the idea of

Wollstonecraft explains that women “they must be permitted to turn to the fountain of light, and not forced to shape their course by the twinkling of a mere satellite” (3). In the 1790’s women weren’t allowed to amount to the same standards as men. Wollstonecraft describes that the steps towards liberation were for all females to endeavour out into the world and find their own path in life. They must be able to have access to an education and make their futures whatever they wanted them to be, then they would use their knowledge towards improving society. Feminism is still a major issue today and society views it as a great thing, for the sexes to be