Please watch “The Witch” (also known as Haxan) by Benjamin Christensen and “The

Please watch “The Witch” (also known as Haxan) by Benjamin Christensen and “The Hunt” by Thomas Vinterburg.
Please write a traditional, text-based, analytic paper. Your paper should have a clear thesis statement, present strong support for your argument, cite at least one secondary source and range from 6-8 pages in length (typed, double-spaced with 1” margins and 12-point font). Please use a standard citation model, such as the MLA style guide or the Chicago Manual of Style.
Prompt:
Explore the infrastructure of fear, scapegoating and mass paranoia in The Witch and/or The Hunt. What kinds of discourses do the mobs and masses in each film use to justify their “hunts”? What role, if any, does point of view play in each film? What similarities can you find between the contexts of the medieval European Inquisition and contemporary enlightened Denmark? Please be specific and provide examples.