Crucible Introduction by Mackenzie Maldonado Razo

The crucible Basics

990564051 — 2023-11-15 23:46:47 UTC

The Crucible is playwright written by Arthur Miller. Published in 1953. It documents the stories of the Salem witch trials. The Salem witch trials took place in Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1692 to 1693. It is a story about a town that is trying to figure out who witches are. it consist of Puritanism and witchcraft.

What is Puritanism

990564051 — 2023-11-15 23:59:24 UTC

Puritanism is a Christian faith that was created in England in the early 1600s. Puritans wear very dull dark colors. They were where the Salem witch trials were. They wanted to get rid of the church of Catholic residue, upon the ideas of John Calvin. They believe in predestination. This is a belief where puritans believe that some people were selected to go to heaven, and some elected to go down below. They had a very strict moral for the Christian life.

Witches

990564051 — 2023-11-16 00:08:07 UTC

Being convicted as being a witch is very bad. It meant that you were going to be killed right away. Witches were understood as people hired by the devil. It also started in the village with the original witches telling teens about witch stories. It was thought that the witches could put on bad spells on all girls and young women ranging in age from nine to 20, who screamed, writhed, barked, and displayed other horrifying symptoms they claimed were signs of Satanic possession

Witch hunt

990564051 — 2023-11-17 06:34:46 UTC

A witch hunt is known as a hunt for women who were named witches or accused of being witches. This consisted of searching for evidence of being a witch. This would consist of the witches practicing their spells. The crumble describes these as where they saw instant people and hunted them for the accusations of being a witch. The witch hunt symbolizes the search for communists at that time. Known as the witches.

McCarthyism

990564051 — 2023-11-17 06:48:45 UTC

McCarthyism is know as a political repression and persecution of the left wing of the individuals. It was a fear of alleged communist and the soviet influence on the American institutions. This last between the 1940s to the 1950s. A speech was first given by McCarthy's speech and the term "McCarthyism" was started by the washington post. It started a whole lot of supporters to join the belief.