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1692, Salem Village, Massachusetts
started when two young girls started having "fits." They blamed three women of bewitching them.
This caused mass hysteria and paranoia among the townspeople. Neighbors were blaming neighbors and 200+  men, women, and children were accused of being witches. 20 people died after being found guilty.  After the trials were deemed unlawful, many judges admitted error and guilt and then restored the names of those accused and granted them money for their hardships.

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The title, the crucible means "test" or "trial" which closely related to the tests and trials that he had experienced during the red scare and the women experienced during The Salem Witch Trials.

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The play is written about a young girl who is accused of being a witch.

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The Crucible was inspired by the Red Scare in the 1950's when he was accused of being a communist. He connected his experience to the Salem Witch Trials in which women were being accused of being witches.

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Puritans lived their lives on the basis of religion. They believed that you could prove yourself to God without doing much of any work. Through reform within the English church they sought to make their way of life,a way of life for everyone. Their beliefs were closely tied with Calvinist beliefs. Calvinist believed that your destiny was decided before birth. Along with that, Puritans emphasized preaching that drew images from scripture and everyday life.

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Arthur Miller was a playwright who is famous for plays such as Death of a Salesman and the Crucible.

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Started in the 1950s in the United States. Joseph P. McCarthy spent five years trying to expose communist in the United States government. Many people were accused of being communist for holding progressive views and with little to no evidence. If the people accused didn’t help with the investigation they could be fired or jailed.