1. What Lies Behind the Accusations of the Innocent?
In their studies of the Salem Witch Trials, along with other events in American history, historians have searched, time and time again, for answers to this probing question: What secret motivations or reasons lie behind the accusations of the innocent? In the Salem Witch Trials, the accusations were clearly caused by the girls" own fears, and the fears of the community also led to the use of scapegoats for the evils of Salem. ... (Miller, "Why I Wrote" 160) Also, when observing the discrimination that has occurred as a result of the recent terrorist attacks on the United States, a distinct par...
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