The Crucible: The Puritans
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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 start ....
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.... of nineteen men and women we re
hung because of the paranoia and fear during the Salem witch trials.
The Puritans were a very proper and dignified society. Dancing was
considered evil and was something only the savages did. It was punishable
by whipping. In Act One, the girls were deciding whether to tell the truth
about what happened in the woods. Mary Warren said to Abigail, “Abby,
we've got to tell. Witchery's a hangin' error, a hangin' like they done in
Boston two year ago! We must ....
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