Crucible by Guanting Chen

99082569_1 — 2024-11-15 17:30:21 UTC

This is an image showing the women got burned because they were considered as witches. The Salem Witch Trails was from 1692 to 1693, Massachusetts. At that time many people got accused of witchcraft. It started after a group of young girls in Salem village claimed to be controlled by witches. The Salem witch trails mostly targeted the women, poor persons, and those struggled with society. This witch hunt ended when William Phips, the Governors of Massachusetts halted the trials.

99082569_1 — 2024-11-15 17:41:00 UTC

Puritans is a group in England that protestants who believed that the Churches in England needed to be more simple and bible-centered form. A lot of them moved to the America in the 1620s to 1630s . They moved there to have more religious freedom. Their community were governed by the religious leader. Going to the church was mandatory and believed that God gave them missions to build a new country

99082569_1 — 2024-11-15 17:56:03 UTC

Calvinism is the main theory of Puritans, which is they believe that God have already chosen before founding the world. They believed people are corrupted by their sin without intervention. They believed Santa try to stop them and the witches are the workers for Santa. They believed God had chosen who to saved by the Christ death. So they believed that if someone is genuinely saved, they won't lose it. What they believed is the reason why they exercute people

99082569_1 — 2024-11-15 18:07:01 UTC

In the period of anti-communist in the early 1950s, McCarthy and his supporters accused the USA official, celebrities, and anyone might be a communist. The Soviet Union had the nuclear weapons so Americans were afraid of communist. He accused many people without any credible evidence, but still ended a lot of people careers and they got put in the jail. He wrote a blacklist to be a evidence to prove the people he accused are communist . He stared to lose his power especially his attack to the USA military.

99082569_1 — 2024-11-15 18:15:53 UTC

He's a famous playwright in USA and famous for his playwright that expired may social issues. His playwright "Crucible" is about witch hunt which wildly considered as allegory for McCarthyism. In the 1950s, he got call to the HUAC because he was on the black list. He standed up for himself and refused to say anything about his friends might be communist. His work deeply discussed the issues for society.