1. Crucible / 1984 Compare and Contrast
The Play Crucible is a fictional re-call of events in the American history surrounding the Salem witch trials of the seventeenth century which also provide the metaphor for Miller's parable of the Mc Carthy trials of the 1950s, John Proctor's agonising struggle with guilt emphasises the restrictive nature of the Puritan society. ... The Salem witch trials took place from June through September of 1692, during which time nineteen men and women were hanged in the small town of Salem Massachusetts. ... The people of Salem woke up went to church, worked and slept as an everyday cycle of ...
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