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 On a separate sheet of paper answer the following questions:  How does the American dream become culturally relevant in the 20 th century? What are the three characteristics of modern drama? What makes the characters in A Raisin in the Sun realistic?

 Entertainment vs. Intellectualism  Modern Dramatists  Lorraine Hansberry  Arthur Miller  3 Elements of modern drama  Realistic characters  Realistic dialogue  Controversial issues

An Introduction

1. What evidence is presented to “prove” that the woman is a witch? 2. Would this evidence hold up in a court today? 3. What is the purpose of this clip? 4. What does the clip prove about “witch hunts”?

Colloquial term for finding a Scapegoat: (One who is the object of irrational hostility)

 Author of…  Inspired by…

An Introduction Fill out the questions as you watch the video introduction

 Used the Salem Witch Trails to criticize the McCarthy Hearings of the 1950s

 McCarthy Hearings  The Threat of Communism “Red Scare”

 Cold War Develops b/t  Soviet Union and United States  Stand off  Nuclear threats  Italy had a fast growing communist party  1949  Mao Zedong Overthrew US-Supported government in China

 1950  McCarthy claims Communists had infiltrated department of state  Paranoia spreads  American dream is threatened  McCarthy claims Hollywood is influence by communism and is spreading propaganda  McCarthy’s “Witch Hunt” begins

Literal Metaphoric  Begin as early as 1480 in Europe as the reformation begins in Europe  MP clip  Salem  Political persecution  McCarthy  Japanese WWII  Middle Easterners post 9/11 Involves moral panic, mass hysteria, lack of reason, and killing

 Political persecution of anyone associated with Communism—in actuality or imagined  Film industry workers—subpoenaed to reveal names of the subversive people  Government officials charged  Secretary of the Navy accused of harboring Communist spies  Anyone names suspect was blacklisted  Can’t find work—fate worse than death?

 Set during the time of the Salem Witch Trials  Meant to send a message to the world about the Communist Witch Hunts  Based on historical fact  Changed to fit the purpose of the play

 How is modern drama a reflection of society?