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Salem witch trials, McCarthyism. Genre. Tragedy. Setting. Salem, Massachusetts. The Crucible is a 1953 play by the American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatized and partially fictionalized [1] story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Province of Massachusetts Bay from 1692 to 1693.
Samuel Parris (uncle) Elizabeth "Betty" Parris (cousin) Abigail Williams (born c. 1681, date of death unknown) [2] was an 11- or 12-year-old girl who, along with nine-year-old Betty Parris, was among the first of the children to falsely accuse their neighbors of witchcraft in 1692; these accusations eventually led to the Salem witch trials.
The Crucible is a 1996 American historical drama film directed by Nicholas Hytner and written by Arthur Miller, based on his 1953 play. It stars Daniel Day-Lewis as John Proctor, Winona Ryder as Abigail Williams, Paul Scofield as Judge Thomas Danforth, Joan Allen as Elizabeth Proctor, and Bruce Davison as Reverend Samuel Parris.
Elizabeth Proctor. Elizabeth Proctor (née Bassett; 1650 [1] – after 1703) was convicted of witchcraft in the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. She was the wife of John Proctor, who was convicted and executed. Her execution sentence was postponed because she was pregnant. In 1693 the new governor, Sir William Phips, freed 153 prisoners, including ...
A Break with Charity (1992), a young adult novel by Ann Rinaldi (1934-2021), takes the Salem trials as its main setting. The Secret Circle Trilogy (1992) is a young adult book series by L.J. Smith, which takes place in New Salem. The series focuses on Cassie Blake, a 16-year-old girl who is drawn to a group of high school teenagers who are ...
Mary Eastey (sister) Sarah Cloyce (sister) Rebecca Nurse (née Towne; February 13, 1621 – July 19, 1692) was a woman who was accused of witchcraft and executed by hanging in New England during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. She was fully exonerated fewer than twenty years later. She was the wife of Francis Nurse, and had several children.
Ann Putnam. Ann Putnam (October 18, 1679 – 1716) was a primary accuser, at age 12, at the Salem Witch Trials of Massachusetts during the later portion of 17th-century Colonial America. Born 1679 in Salem Village, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, she was the eldest child of Thomas (1652–1699) and Ann (Née Carr) Putnam (1661–1699). [1]
Maidservant. Known for. Accuser in the Salem witch trials. 1876 illustration of the courtroom; the central figure is usually identified as Mary Walcott. Mercy Lewis (fl. 1692) was an accuser during the Salem Witch Trials. She was born in Falmouth, Maine. Mercy Lewis, formally known as Mercy Allen, was the child of Philip Lewis and Mary (Cass ...