Mass Hysteria and Paranoia in the Crucible
The plot of The Crucible takes place in a strict religious community where scientific explanations do not exist. When one of the young girls in … Read more
The plot of The Crucible takes place in a strict religious community where scientific explanations do not exist. When one of the young girls in … Read more
Premiering in 1953, Arthur Miller’s The Crucible was a scathing attack on the Communist scare of the era in the guise of a dramatization of … Read more
Massachusetts has one thing most other states don’t. It’s a state heroine, and her name is Deborah Sampson (1760-1827). She was a schoolmarm and lecturer … Read more
“She made hail fall on the fields of her enemies, caused their wheat to rot by means of a pestilential fog, and damaged the vineyards … Read more
The Crucible is an American classic story that, in the middle of the communist witch hunt in America in the fifties, showed readers that witch … Read more
Medieval Europe considered witchcraft to be a very real crime and those convicted of engaging in it, more often than not women, usually suffered the … Read more
The history of candles goes back thousands of years. They were used to light the way of our ancestors, they were used in rituals, exorcisms … Read more