The Existence of Modern Day Witch-hunts in 2017 in Comparison to Witch-hunts in The Crucible
W hat is a Witch-hunt? I certainly did not used to know what they were. By definition, a Witch-hunt is a search for people that are accused of witchcraft and/or people that are accused of committing some type of mass-wrongdoing. These hunts were very prevalent in the 1600s because of the mass hysteria that encompassed the accusations of people using witchcraft as in the case of the Salem Witch Trials that took place in 1692 and 1693. Renowned playwright, Arthur Miller, paints a vivid yet accurate picture of these Witch-hunts that took place in his arguably most famous play ever written, The Crucible. In Act I of The Crucible, a group of girls in Salem, Massachusetts are accused of practicing witchcraft which was widely considered unacceptable given that the story takes place in a God-feared town during the 1600s. Needless to say, it does not end well. Nearly 20 people end up being killed as a result of all of the mayhem that ends up taking place. This no surprise, however, as man...