Crucible also means a harsh trial or examination. ... During the McCarthyism period witnesses refused to answer questions and when they did they were scorned (Bentley 302). Thousands of people who refused to answer q stions and confess were executed during the seventeenth century. ... The Crucible was included in schools as a modern classic. ... Miller uses a repetitive style of questions and answers forming the rhythm of the play. ...

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This is most likely due to the fact that American society is "[inching] ever closer to embracing phenomena that science [cannot] answer."12 Even highly esteemed academic publications such as the Journal of Scientific Exploration "now treat the paranormal with as much respect and analysis as physics or the chaos theory."13 The possibility of life existing on other worlds has been the subject of speculation for years.14 In May, 1988, NASA began using a "super computer" that is intended to pick up signals from any distant civilizations.15 Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, or SET...

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