Essay Of The Crucible And Rwandan Genocide - 1005 Words

The Crucible and Rwandan Genocide The Rwandan Genocide took place over a period of just one hundred days, and in that short amount of time over 800,000 Rwandans were killed (BBC News). The Rwandan Genocide was a mass slaughtering of the Tutsis by the Hutus, even though these two ethnic groups had coexisted in peace for many years prior. Eventually they had different ideas about who should be superior in their country, and the Hutus later used the power that they had to try and kill off the entire Tutsi population. This is similar to The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, a play known for its story about the Salem witch trials that took place in Massachusetts during 1692. In the play Miller presents different characters who use power for their†¦show more content†¦She then uses the power of being a religious child and proceeds to accuse other people in the village of witchcraft. Abigail then says, â€Å"I saw Sarah Good with the Devil! I saw Goody Osburn with the Devil! I saw Bridg et Bishop with the Devil!†(Miller 50). Abigail is able to convince everyone she is telling the truth through the use of manipulation. Manipulation is definitely a form of power and often one that is commonly abused for ones personal benefits. In this case Abigail uses her power to manipulate people into thinking people in the village are witches, and to ultimately shift any blame of suspicion off of herself and onto others. Even though it means the people who she accused could be hung for witchcraft. Abigail has lost her sense of what is wrong and what is right because she has accumulated a great deal of power, and she is abusing her power to manipulate the people within the village. The Rwandan Genocide also shows how ones moral judgement can be lost when abuse of power occurs. For example the article from BBC News reported, â€Å"About 85% of Rwandans are Hutus but the Tutsi minority has long dominated the country. In 1959, the Hutus overthrew the Tutsi monarchy and tens of thousands of Tutsis fled to neighbouring countries, including Uganda.† When the Hutus eventually overthrew the monarchy within Rwanda