Word: salem
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...Salem...had taught me...that a kind of built-in pestilence has nestled in the human mind," he said...
...Salem...had taught me...that a kind of built-in pestilence has nestled in the human mind," he said...
...Crucible," a dramatization of the 1692 Salem witch trials, was written as an allegory for the "witch-hunt" atmosphere that pervaded America when Joseph McCarthy, a Republican representative from Wisconsin, led the nation on a search for communists in the American government. Miller said the search "paralyzed the nation...
When he realized that the witch trials bore a direct connection to McCarthy's communist hunt, Miller spent three days in Salem's library reviewing court transcripts. He said he was most struck by the preponderance of "spectral" and circumstantial evidence in the proceedings...
Because of the connection he made to Salem, Miller said he more clearly understood the actions of the government in the 1950s...