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Ep 53 - The Crucible (Arthur Miller)

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The Witch Hunt in Salem

Anybody who had a grievance against their neighbour could indulge it. And they could get their revenge by crying, which the first arrests were of a woman named sarah good. An enslave ved south american woman from the west indies called ticuba was also arrested. Now arthur miller fabricates the opening of the play, where the girls are said to have been bewitched by ticuba, they dance in the forest and disrobe. But what miller didn't fabricate was the puritan sense of sexual repression, which we could say saw its zenith in salemif you were a citizen of salem in 16 92, you most likely

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