The Crucible Background

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Puritans' reason for coming to America

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Escape religious persecution & create a Theocracy

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First accused of witchcraft

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Low-status women who broke societal norms

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Spectral evidence

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Spirit causing harm

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Example of spectral evidence in the play

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Abigail: Goody Proctor's spirit pushed needle into stomach

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Isolation of Salem village

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Prevented intervention in mass hysteria

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Giles Corey: Unique Role in Trials

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Refused to enter a plea to protest

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Judicial rule from Salem Witch Trials

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Innocent until proven guilty

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Communism

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Wealth shared; no extreme rich or poor

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Connection between McCarthyism and Salem Witch Trials

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Arthur Miller's purpose in writing The Crucible

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McCarthyism

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Paranoid witchhunt for Communists in the 1950s U.S.