The Salem Witch trials have, many times over, proven themselves near unbreakable as allegory, starting at least with Arthur Miller’s 1953 The Crucible, in which the goings on in Massachusetts ...

Giles Corey, a farmer accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials, pleaded “not guilty ... as a character in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible.) An exterior view of 252 Essex Street ...

“The Crucible” is a dramatization of the Salem Witch Trials that took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during 1692-1693. American playwright Arthur Miller penned the play as an allegory ...

Into the Shadows The Salem Witch Trials Posted: January 31, 2025 | Last updated: March 26, 2025 The Salem Witch Trials prove how fear can spiral out of control. It started with a few strange ...

The Salem witch trials, a dark chapter in colonial Massachusetts history (1692-1693), saw over 200 accused and 20 executed for witchcraft. Fueled by strange behaviors, spectral evidence ...

T. H. Matteson, "Examination of a Witch" (1853), oil on canvas, 38 1/2 x 53 9/10 inches (97.8 x 137 cm) (image via Wikimedia Commons) Success! Your account was created and you’re signed in.

The Connecticut Witch Trials occurred from 1647 to 1663, more than four decades before the trials in Salem, Massachusetts. “The witch trials in Connecticut were extremely deadly. The first seven ...

But to experience the totality of the play, it's necessary to resist a natural impulse: Both "The Crucible" and the Salem Witch Trials have come to mean anything someone wants it to mean including ...

“Sabrina the Teenage Witch” is a certified Criterion title, believe it or not. The beloved franchise about a beloved occult teen, iconically played by Melissa Joan Hart, is officially amongst ...

“The Crucible” is commonly interpreted as a reenactment based on the historical events of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692-93. “The playwright, Arther Miller, traveled to Salem to do thorough ...