<i>Why do you hurt these children?<br>I do not hurt them. I scorn it.<br>Have you made no contract with the devil? <br>No!</i><br><br>Mr. John Hathorn‚ a Judge involved in the witchcraft case of Sarah Good‚ then asked all of the afflicted children to look upon her and see if this was the person that had hurt them so. They all gazed at Goody Good and said that this was the person that tormented thempresently they were all tormented.<br><br>Puritanical beliefs had all of Salem truly believing that
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because they were ²witches². Although many of these victims were probably not witches‚ in that era they didn‘t know better. People had very strong personal beliefs‚ religious views‚ and their so called ²scientific² reasons for believing someone to be a witch. With this in mind‚ it can be understood how people were so consumed by greed that they would dismiss the value of human life so quickly and easily. Basically‚ the rich and powerful liked being rich and powerful. So‚ if
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of the Salem Witch Trials and written by Arthur Miller. The film and play‚ though inaccurate in some specific details‚ has some incredible accuracy for a story that was meant to symbolize McCarthyism. It accurately displays the tension that resulted from land arguments as well as their possible effects on the SalemWitch Trials. There are some inconsistencies relating to individual character‚ but the major historical inaccuracy comes in the form of the cause of the Salem Witch Trials along with the
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tragedies & sentences that befell people during the McCarthyism trials; he uses the ‘Salem Witch Trials’ as a metaphor to draw national attention towards the doings and executioners of the McCarthyism propaganda. Arthur Miller uses allegory in his play‚ The Crucible‚ to show the similarities between the Salem witch trials and the Red Scare. During the McCarthy era‚ freedom was a very important aspect in life; during the Salem witch trials‚ religion was a very important aspect of life. In both of these
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The Power of the Accuser. Where the witch trials really fair? In "The Crucible" by Arthur Milller the witch trials empowered individuals who were previously powerless by accusing people to feel powerful giving people who didn’t normally have a voice the option to & finally made it easy to get rid of anyone you didn’t like. This is shown threw many people who didn’t normally have a voice and used the witch trial’s to feel like they had one‚ thisis shown when Tituba
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response to the communist Salem Witch Trials of the 1690s. The trials were held for the many men and women who were accused of performing witchcraft; those who did not confess to witchery were hung while those who did confess faced only jail time. Almost 300 years later‚ three teenage boys‚ Damien Echols‚ Jessie Misskelley‚ and Jason Baldwin‚ were accused for murdering three eight-year old boys as part of a satanic sacrifice in 1993 (Source E). Although the Salem Witch Trials took place many years before
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The Salem Witch Trials will forever be a historical phenomenon that countless writers are drawn to; therefore‚ why did Arthur Miller desire to dramatize such events? Arthur Miller’s fascination with the Salem Witch Trials‚ in addition to the communist conflict of the 1960s‚ contributed to the creation of The Crucible. Miller alters each character to make their personalities more potent than the factual documentation suggests. The Crucible is a play that directly references Miller’s experience of
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Accused Although it seems difficult to do‚ accusing people of being a part of the Salem witch trials was a breeze. Anyone could be accused for just about anything. One could mainly be accused of witchcraft for ignorant things such as: being of low social status‚ people are envious of one‚ one has an extra body marking‚ and the list could go on for eternity. People were accused of invalid witchcraft‚ because the people of Salem had nothing better to do‚ Abigail Williams lied about people dancing
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happened during the Salem witch trials. He states how Abigail’s age had been raised and how the number of girls involved in the ‘crying out’ had been reduced to make for a more tragic love story. Miller probably wanted to make sure it be would much easier for the reader to follow with the use of just the most important subjects of the Salem witch trials. Also‚ Burns believes that in this playwright Miller seemingly captures the essence of the chaos of the Salem witch trials and what was probably going
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[2] Miller grew up in the late 1940s and in the early 1950s when The McCarthyism Era broke out around the United States‚ and it drew Miller’s attention. [1] The McCarthyism Era led to Miller’s interest in the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. [7] Soon thereafter Miller researched the trials‚ and began to write his claim to fame The Crucible. The Crucible made its commendable debut as a play in 1953 at the Martin Beck Theatre in New York City. Many people may know the plot of the story‚ but very few actually
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