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A haunting examination of groupthink and mass hysteria in a rural community

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A haunting examination of groupthink and mass hysteria in a rural community

THE STORY: The story focuses upon a young farmer, his wife, and a young servant-girl who maliciously causes the wife's arrest for witchcraft. The farmer brings the girl to court to admit the lie--and it is here that the monstrous course of bigotry a

Arthur Miller's classic parable of mass hysteria draws a chilling parallel between the Salem witch-hunt of 1692 - 'one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history' - and the American anti-communist purges led by Senator McCarthy in the 1950s. The story of how... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy... Read Full Overview

"Earlier version copyright under title Those familiar spirits"-- T.p. verso.

The core novel, A NIGHT TO REMEMBER, unabridged and unadapted from the original text and with eighteen related readings.

Las brujas de Salem y El crisol, de Arthur Miller, autor de otros libros como Todos eran mis hijos o La manta de Jane, es una obra clave que explic el transfondo de la caza de brujas macarthista. Un vibrante alegato contra la intolerancia y el puritanismo. Incluye el gui n,... Read Full Overview