Essay Archive - The Crucible
The Crucible
In Salem during the time of the witch trials everyone is either
politically motivated to believe the girls wild antics are the work of the
devil, or they are so gullible that they think no child could ever
impishly scorn the holiness of the church. Those are the two main reasons
the girls get away with accusing people of witchcraft at first, later new
reasons are introduced.
After the first victims of the girls malignant joke are hung two new
reasons to continue accusing people arrive. The new reason that most of
the girls continue to accuse people is because if they don't then it would
be the girls' fault, not Satan's that the "wi....
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