The Crucible Act 1 1. Explain how the witch-hunt years were a time of "general revenge". The witch hunt years were a time of general revenge as any occurrence which someone found unfavorable or suspicious and was blamed on the work of the devil (which was many things due to the religious nature and high level of superstition among the people of this time) could now be blamed on a visible existence; i.e. the person accused of being a witch. This allowed the people of the time to get closure on their misfortunes by the sacrifice of a person or usually people who took the blame and died for it. F...

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Danforth, I am writing to you with concern, and I am prayerful of you to review the present actions of what our Christian town is becoming. The situation of our community and the court is being undermined by these ludicrous alligations of witchery and is being solely conducted by Abigail Williams and her loyal friends. At this time in our community it is either to lie about our interactions with the devil and witchcraft or condemn us to death. Please let us firstly look at how the cry of "witchery" came to our reserved town by the girls. Abigail confided in me that she and the girls were merel...

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... , rationalization, and justice. In 1950, Senator Joseph McCarthy started a massive anti-communist campaign. The threat of communism was real because of the Cold War. Republicans accused President Truman of allowing Communists in the government. Responding to those charges, Truman set up the Loyalty Review Board in 1947 to investigate all federal employees. By the end of 1951, more than 20,000 federal workers had been investigated, some 2,000 had resigned ... exposure of McCarthy's bullying tactics, contrasted with the calm and dignified behavior of the Army Chief Counsel Joseph Welsh. Th...

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