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The Crucible Effect
Everyone has a part to play in story, even it's a small action, it will have a big effect in the future. In the play of The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, there is a group of young girls, in their teens, crying witchery. After being caught dancing in the forest, they are called witches. Trying to become innocent they throw others into the fire who have nothing to do with the problem they began. While the girls took this action some people would take advantage of this and have their daughter blame someone they are jealous of. The people blamed would have two options, to confess their actions and be free of their sins or to not confess and be hanged for the sin they have committed. In the end innocent people were hung, for a crime they did not commit.

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