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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Steven Wright: The Crucible

I decided to choose The Crucible for my summer reading assignment because of its view on witchcraft in the 17th century colonies. Since there is no way to prove witchcraft with evidence, the judge is given a choice to believe either the one accused or the victim. However, it does seem reasonable to blame the devil for disturbing occurrences like Indian raids and perishing babies. This new land the town of Salem rests on remains unexplored and holds the population clinging to the church in times of crisis. It is astonishing to know how someone would use this weakness in the court to gain from others in the town. Land is the primary issue as the one accused would lose his property to his neighbors. I am quite relieved that modern law has evolved away from this unfair and superstitious reasoning.
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Mcapush said...

~~Michael Littles
I guess as humans we tend to blame others for selfish purposes. Accusing your neighbors is just an excuse or just out of fear that the other person may do the same to the other. So, it is a matter of who gets who first. Modern Law has quite evolved from judge's sentencing a person to death for supposedly being a witch to somewhat better job at serving "justice". But, it is good that we can take responsibility over our actions, than to be blamed for doing something we didn't.

August 3, 2013 at 8:39 PM
Mcapush said...

Theodore Houston
How do you feel you would have reacted if you had lived in those times. Would you have backed these persecutions knowing that there was no sustainable evidence to prove it, or would you have acted as every other citizen.

August 5, 2013 at 8:55 PM

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