When a community looks only for evidence of guilt and ignores or suppresses all contradictory evidence, the results are a witch-hunt. And a witch-hunt was developing in Salem as the community felt itself so beset by evil that it was no longer capable of perceiving the good. ... The girls could have been victims of ergot poisoning from the bread they ate; but if that were the case most local communities including Salem town would have reported outbreaks in juvenile. ... Rebecca Nurse was a kind 71-year-old lady who suffered from a hearing problem, which made colonists fear her and view her as a...

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When a community looks only for evidence of guilt and ignores or suppresses all contradictory evidence, the results are a witch-hunt. And a witch-hunt was developing in Salem as the community felt itself so beset by evil that it was no longer capable of perceiving the good. ... The girls could have been victims of ergot poisoning from the bread they ate; but if that were the case most local communities including Salem town would have reported outbreaks in juvenile. ... Rebecca Nurse was a kind 71-year-old lady who suffered from a hearing problem, which made colonists fear her and view her as a...

• Word Count: 2508
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

Any government official who criticized his hearings was soon found to be defending himself against the charge of being involved in a Communist conspiracy. ... Critics said it was not a good play at that time, however, later it was found to be superior. he House Un-American Activities Committee summoned Miller to a hearing. ... Heilman states that Miller, turned to more vigorous characters who cause suffering rather than uncomprehendingly suffer, he portrayed an evil rooted in human nature overwhelming the community, he made advances toward complexity of motive, and he began to discover inner d...

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