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The Effect Of Groupthink In The Crucible

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Nineteen people were killed in the Salem witch trials; however, most were innocent. This was the effect of groupthink, groupthink is “the tendency of decision making to suppress opposing opinions in the interests of group harmony” (Hill,“Groupthink”) . Arthur Miller writes the play, The Crucible, when he realizes groupthink is happening in his modern day. The Crucible dramatizes the Salem Witch Trials, which were a series of prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft. In The Crucible, Arthur Miller depicts Giles Corey as someone who stands up against the group by defending what he loves, in order to show that people should fight for what they believe in.
Giles Corey tries to protect his wife, after feeling guilty because he himself unintentionally
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