1.) If I were to be accused of being a witch during this time, fear would be my main feeling. Fear would overtake my mind because I wouldn't know when, or what the witch hunters would do to me if they found me. I would also wonder why I was accused, what could I have possibly done to be accused of such a crime. If I ran away to escape the accusation, my family would possibly be harmed, so I must stay and take my punishment.
2.) Miller was very biased in his writing of the crucible, he chose a side very early, even though there was more evidence provided for both sides that he did not acknowledge. Miller also changed certain things within the story such as, Abigail's age, and removed characters. Once Miller had chosen his side and read certain examples, he then took his knowledge and made it "play worthy". The most minor difference is Abigail's age, the witch trials effected all ages, so her age doesn't really matter.
3.) I think her theories are very plausible. There could be the chance that the entire town of Salem was effected by ergot, which could make them hallucinate. Her theory could possibly prove the hysteria in Salem. The grain in Salem was infected by ergot, Rev. Parris was paid in grain, so if he received infected grain than everyone in his household would also be effected.
4.) A similarity between the two is that they both falsely accuse people of being bewitched, they had no evidence to backup these theories, but the people were still found guilty. Miller's description is very disturbing because a lot of the people found guilty weren't bewitched, but innocent.
5.) The Salem Witch Trials and the Red Scare are similar because the witch trials were to stop the rise of witches and their power, which put fear into the people. The Red Scare was the fear of the rise of communism, communism at the time scared the people.
6.) All are similar to the Salem Witch Trials because the people in all stories were accused of something, either race, beliefs, or actions. They are different from the Red Scare since it was a fear of the rise of communism. The witch trials were somewhat similar because the people didn't want the witch population to rise to the point where they ruled everything.
7.) This quote is saying that if we do not learn from our mistakes, then we are going to repeat those same mistakes. Citizens today still accuse others, which leads to a corrupt world, and until we learn from that it will never get better. The crucible shows how life was during the witch trials and the process the accused "witches" had to undergo.
8.) When people used sorcery or witchery in early Egypt and Babylonia it played a conspicuous part. Hammurabi's Code said that if a man put a spell on another man with no justification, he would be taken to the holy river and drowned.
9.) The most interesting thing we learned was how during the trials they actually hunted and killed people strictly based off false accusations.
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