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The Crucible- fear which shaped society Salem was one of the most popular places where witches were executed, because people where afraid of devil which shows the
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Salem was one of the most popular places where witches were executed, because people where afraid of devil which shows the Miller's story The Crucible. This horrible fear shaped the society of Salem and as it happened a lot of women were killed. As Dorothy Thompson said: "The most destructive element in the human mind is fear. Fear creates aggressiveness". The book which I read is the story about how the society was manipulated by the fear of the unknown or different. Therefore, in my opinion people in Salem were afraid of a devil and this fear shaped their society to judge and perceive normal women as witches and in consequences killed them.
Fear was one of the most important things which shaped society but as Miller wrote in his book lies were affected society almost in the same way. Abigail, the main character in The Crucible, uses intimidation to create an atmosphere of fear that pervades the entire play. In act one, she tried to scared girls for do not tell the truth: "Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, about the other things, and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you . . . I can make you wish you had never seen the sun go down!" This treat predicted Abigail's accusations of witchcraft against others. And as it happened next in the story created hysteria. Abigail lay because she wanted her dream, as to have John Proctor her lover, come true. The only way she could do that was accuse his wife as a witch, so then John could marry with her. This, full of illness love, carefully eliminated Abigail's enemies by accusing them of witchcraft. However, as we all know a lie is not a good solution of touched us problems, and the same way was with Abigail moreover, John knew that the only woman she loved was his wife.
Abigail's lies brought fear of the unknown and however Puritans started to judge themselves. As far story is going as more...
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