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    setting helps support the theme because it adds to the theme of isolation‚ especially when words associated with evil are used to describe it The fact that the story is set in the Salem Village builds to the theme about evil and isolation because it adds to the ideas of evil and intolerance that characterized the Salem Village. For instance‚ the path through the forest that he had chosen was “a dreary road‚ darkened by all the gloomiest trees of the forest… and closed immediately behind [him]”

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    she’s always making me dream corruptions."page 1091" The crucible is in the astonishing play about the history of Salem and witchcraft. This play is a story from past time‚ Abigail Williams is a huge part of this play because of her scheming ways to put people to death as you can see from the previous quote I listed‚ this was one of her many lies. Many different people play a role in the Salem deaths but Abigail started all and kept playing it off until she killed in abundant amount. Abigail is responsible

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    Crucible. Set in Salem‚ Massachusetts during the witch trials‚ Miller depicts the town and the strong puritan values vested in its people. When accusations of witchcraft run ravage through the streets‚ such puritan purity is in question. The Crucible is a fitting title for Arthur Miller’s play.The English noun crucible symbolizes Salem‚ the trials and the resulting changes that occur. To start‚ a crucible being defined as a vessel that can withstand high temperatures is symbolic of Salem. Miller describes

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    The Salem witch trials is a STAIN on US history. The witch trials was one of the biggest acts of mass hysteria in American history some would go as far as compare it to the holocaust. The Salem witch trials was a series of court cases for acts of witchcraft. Supernatural foramina were part of every day life. It took place in Massachusetts between February 1692 to May 1693. These cases usually ended in executions. Twenty people were killed‚ 14 of which were women. The trials didn’t just

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    The witchcraft hysteria‚ of 1692 in Salem‚ was a horrific event because people lost sight of their common sense and their rational judgement. Fear‚ anxiety‚ and terror boiled up within the small town of Salem largely due to the rigid theocracy. This event in history has shown how the connection between the government and church led to the loss of justice and a mass slaughter. It was believed

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    The Salem witch trials scared many people during its time. During this time people accused each other of being witches. Many of the accused were killed because they would not admit to being a witch. The causes of the Salem witch trials were town division‚ lying girls‚ and jealousy. Town division helped spark the horrible events of the Salem witch trials. The town could be divided by race‚ social status‚ or wealth. Document E shows us that the accusers are on one side of the town and the accused

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    Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum’s Salem Possessed explores the pre-existing social and economic divisions within the Salem Village community‚ as an entry point to understand the accusations of witchcraft in 1692. According to Boyer and Nissenbaum‚ the village split into two factions: one interested in gaining more autonomy for Salem Village and led by the Putnam family‚ and the other‚ interested in the mercantile and political life of Salem Town and led by the Porter family. Boyer and Nissenbaum’s

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    The Salem Witch Trials started in 1692 in Salem Village‚ Massachusetts‚ and are believed to have been created by many different theories. No one actually knows why or how the witchcraft started in the early colony. The witches were girls of all ages who were caught having strange behavior. Many people started believing they were actual witches because of the way people claimed to have been hurt or affected by a witch. Some Puritans would act out to make it seem like a witch was harming them or causing

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    In The Visible and Invisible Worlds of Salem‚ the author made the point that views of history change when others evaluate the evidence. He/She argued that new evidence can change the view of a historical event. An example of this is shown when he talks about the previous studies done by another historian. He spends most of the time talking about other historians views and tries to connect all of them. This historian uses many different sources to find the social implications of the witch trials

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    The Crucible‚ written by Arthur Miller‚ is a play that retells the events of the Salem Witch Trials. By looking at those "infected" by hysteria in The Crucible and the facts drawn from other outbreaks in a journal by Leslie B. Boss‚ it can be seen how the concepts of hysteria apply to the characters of this play‚ including how the "infected" received hysteria‚ what caused it‚ factors

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