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Essay Archive - The Crucible: The Puritans
The Crucible: The Puritans
The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a play about the Salem witch
trials that occurred in the late 1600's. The scare about the witches was a
result of a group of girls dancing in the forest. Dancing was not
tolerated by the Puritans in that time. News about the dancing got out,
and rumors were started about witchcraft. This is what triggered the Salem
witch trials, but what kept it going was greed, jealousy, and the desire
for revenge. Once the trials were started, accused people were pointing
fingers at just about everyone and calling them out as witches. No one was
safe. At first the only people....
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