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In 1953, when The Crucible was first performed, the United States was deep in the throes of the Red Scare. Senator Joseph McCarthy led a witch hunt against supposed communists, targeting various celebrities, government officials, and even writers, many of whom were blacklisted because of their alleged ties to the Communist party.
The Crucible itself can be considered an allegory for McCarthyism. The mass hysteria caused by McCarthy's accusation of treason and sedition draw striking similarities to the Salem witch trials, in which innocent people were tried and convicted on flimsy evidence, just as they were during the Red Scare.
Arthur Miller drew source material from the real-life Salem witch trials, which began in 1692, the year the play is set. At that time, Salem was populated and ruled by Puritans, whose repressive theology drives a group of young girls to accuse others of witchcraft to distract from their own sins and desires.
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Let's assume a story takes place in a cold, dark, gloomy, tall and ominous house. We can infer that something bad is going to happen, given the author's description, and the mood that the house is displayed in. If the house is stated to be bright, colorful, short-built and cheerful, the reader would not expect anything to happen that may cause suspense, fright, etc.
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False
Explanation:
An independent clause is a complete thought. A dependent clause is dependent on an independent one because it is incomplete thought.
