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For it swept over me that, had I been one of his comrades, he would have spent my name as part of the guarantee of his reform. As he laid out his dilemma and his decision to comply with the HUAC, it was impossible not to feel his anguish, old friends that we were.

“Since I was on my way up to Salem for research on a play that I was still unsure I would write, I called at his house, which was on my route.

Goal: find communist traitors here in USA.

House Committee on Un-American Activities.

Be on time and no one gets a detention.ġ945 – 1952: WWII to Cold War Iron curtainġ949 China falls to communism USSR gets A-Bomb.

Don’t accumulate 3 lates over the marking period.

Yes, you will be turning your notes in for my review.

They willingly gave up their own freedom for two reasons:.

The ancestors of Salem’s inhabitants left Europe for religious freedom they didn’t allow any of it among their own people.Persecutions for witchcraft a bit of a fad at the time in Europe.They took this literally, just like the rest of the Bible.

“Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live” – Exodus 22:18, the King James Bible.In this type of government, violating the Ten Commandments, (for example) can get you thrown into jail.Not unknown even today: Iran, Saudi Arabia.In most of Massachusetts, religious beliefs held the power of law.Definition: a form of government where religious authority and civil authority are the same.This colony barely registered on the radar of Europe governments there glad to be rid of “fanatics”.“Today we would hardly call it a village.”Total population no more than a few hundred people.

Setting: Salem, Massachusetts, 1692 A Puritan settlement about 40 years old.

NOTE: The play The Crucible is based on historical events, but it is not history.

Setting of the play: Salem, Massachusetts, 1692 A Puritan settlement about 40 years old.

The Crucible Act 1: The Overture a.k.a., What This is All About