Almost everyone in the town jumps to the conclusion that she has been put under a witch's spell.37 One of the first things Goody Putnam asks about Betty is "How high did she fly?"... From these meager details it is resolved that "there is a murdering witch among [them]."41 Tituba is called in to speak to Rev. ... With that, almost every woman in town is accused of being a witch, and the cycle continues.43 Another important example of hysterical paranoia from the Puritan era is The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. ... Prynne, her presumed-dead husband, returns to discover a...

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Also known as a witch hunt which led " communism to be known as evil". at the time anyone who participated in such evil was considered illegitimate and were to be excluded from sharing ideas and from jobs. ... It is important to realize that the repercussions of even a relatively short period of McCarthyism have long lasting effects. ... Begin a child of Cuban parents, communism is a subject that has been discussed in my house. ...

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