Salem Witch Hunt In The Crucible

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Witch Hunt is a way of persecution, discrimination or incriminating an individual based on a characteristic about that individual which is not “normal”. In the book Crucible, Salem witch trials began during the spring of 1692, after a group of young girls claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused several woman for witchcraft. Currently, many people have been accused of witchcraft, even though it might be for the righteous reasons in the eyes of accusers, these witch hunts arse against Catholic social teachings.
In India, for example, more than 2000 people have been accused of being witches over the last 15 years. There were many victims that were innocent. The target for witchcraft are mostly woman. They have often been accused by

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