https://padlet.com/99072668/9cqdyvfpordw8uhe en-us 2022-11-07 20:02:36 UTC 2022-11-08 17:53:00 UTC hello@padlet.com 99072668 https://padlet.com/99072668/9cqdyvfpordw8uhe/wish/2373784278 They refer to the movement for reform, which occurred within the Church of England between the time of Elizabeth and Charles II. 

The Puritans wanted to rid the Church of any Catholic residue and build upon the ideas of John Calvin.]]> 2022-11-07 20:05:48 UTC https://padlet.com/99072668/9cqdyvfpordw8uhe/wish/2373784278 99072668 https://padlet.com/99072668/9cqdyvfpordw8uhe/wish/2375322028 McCarthyism was named for Wisconsin senator Joseph McCarthy, referring to the panic, accusations, and trials of suspected communists in the US.

The Crucible served as an allegory for Miller to criticize McCarthyism -as a veritable "witch-hunt".]]> 2022-11-08 16:36:20 UTC https://padlet.com/99072668/9cqdyvfpordw8uhe/wish/2375322028 99072668 https://padlet.com/99072668/9cqdyvfpordw8uhe/wish/2375322155 It describes the witch hunt that saw harmless people hanged for crimes they did not commit. 

The Crucible provides an accurate historical account of the witch hunt, but its real achievement lies in the many important issues it deals with.]]> 2022-11-08 16:36:25 UTC https://padlet.com/99072668/9cqdyvfpordw8uhe/wish/2375322155 99072668 https://padlet.com/99072668/9cqdyvfpordw8uhe/wish/2375323127 Nineteen men and women were hanged, all having been convicted of witchcraft. 

Another man of over eighty years was pressed to death under heavy stones for refusing to submit to a trial on witchcraft charges. 

Many languished in jail for months without trials

]]> 2022-11-08 16:36:57 UTC https://padlet.com/99072668/9cqdyvfpordw8uhe/wish/2375323127 99072668 https://padlet.com/99072668/9cqdyvfpordw8uhe/wish/2375323917 He was an American playwright and essayist. Most notable works included: The Crucible, Death Of A Salesman.

The Crucible was an allegorical play in which Miller likened the situation with the House Un-American Activities Committee to the witchhunt in Salem.

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