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Superstition In The Play The Crucible By Arthur Miller
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Grade Level: 10th
Date Created: September 18, 1995
Grade Received: B
Written by:
Erica Hankinson
Erica.Hankinson@juno.com
Superstition and witchcraft resulted in many being hanged or in prison.
In the seventeenth century, a belief in witches and witchcraft was almost
universal. ....
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....ften impelled persons to accuse others who were innocent and
when some statement of the accused would move the court and audience in favor of
the prisoner. "I saw Goody Osborn with the devil" (Miller 1060). The accuser
would declare that they saw the devil standing beside the victim whispering the
words in his or her ear. The absurd statement would be believed by the judges.
Some, terrified and with the hope of saving their lives or avoiding the horrors
of imprisonment, would falsely accuse th.... |
| Number of words: 615 |
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