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The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a play about the Salem witch trials that occurred in the late 1600's. The scare about the witches was a result of a group of girls dancing in the forest. Dancing was not tolerated by the Puritans in that time. News about the dan ....

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.... paranoia and fear during the Salem witch trials. The Puritans were a very proper and dignified society. Dancing was considered evil and was something only the savages did. It was punishable by whipping. In Act One, the girls were deciding whether to tell the truth about what happened in the woods. Mary Warren said to Abigail, “Abby, we've got to tell. Witchery's a hangin' error, a hangin' like they done in Boston two year ago! We must tell the truth, Abby! You'll only be whipped for dancin' and the other things!”(18) Although this clearly shows that dancing was a punishable crime in that time, witchcraft was a much more serious offense. ....