Superstition In The Play The Crucible By Arthur Miller

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minds of nearly all the people, and the dread made the affliction spread widely.
"The afflicted, under the influence of the witchery, "admitted to see the forms
of their tormentors with their inner vision" (Miller 1082). and would
immediately accuse some individual seen with the devil. At times the afflicted
and the accused became so numerous that no one was safe from suspicion and its
consequences. Even those who were active in the prosecutions became objects of
suspicion.
Revenge often impelled persons to accuse others who were innocent and
when some statement of the accused would move the court and audience in favor of
the prisoner. "I saw Goody Osborn with the devil" (Miller 1060). The accuser
would declare that they saw the devil standing beside the victim whispering the
words in his or her ear. The absurd statement would be believed by the judges.
Some, terrified and with the hope of saving their lives or avoiding the horrors
of imprisonment, would falsely accuse ...

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