... an irreversible process of decay. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, this is the dilemma that faces Salem. Early one morning, the daughter of Reverend Samuel Parris, Betty Parris, is found in her bed, unmoving, after her father caught she and the other girls of the village dancing in the woods. Due to her strange symptoms, and the fact that the doctor cannot find any natural cause ... that one man with seemingly pure intentions can do to a community and even a nation. It also shows the lengths to which people will go to protect themselves, even turning on their neighbors. In Arthur Miller...

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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 ... the richest man in the village, his candidate was unfairly disregarded. In addition to this, a man who was jailed for failure to pay debts was also the minister of Salem, being chosen o...

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