The Crucible
“The Crucible” by Arthur Miller discusses the insanity of the largest witch-hunts called the Salem Witch Trails. The people of Salem followed a strict, Puritan faith, and it was considered evil to do anything like dancing. People in Salem believed strongly in witchcraft, and in 1692 an outbreak of ‘witch hunting’ was started by a group of girls, as depicted in Millers book. There were nineteen people that were hanged, both male and female, 150 people were …
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…the girls’ talk to each other, they become more and more frightened practicing witchcraft. The other girls all join in so that the blame will no be placed on them. In “The Crucible”, Abigail starts the accusations by saying, “I go back to Jesus; I kiss his hand, I saw Sarah Good with the Devil! I saw Goody Osburn with Devil! I saw Bridget Bishop with the Devil! I saw Goody Howe with the Devil!”
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