Homework Help: Literature;Crucible.

Posted by y912f on Saturday, January 10, 2009 at 4:02pm.

Most people have probably read the play "The Crucible".
in his autobiography, Timebends, Arthur Miller writes that "the real story" of the Salem witch trials is to be found in "the breaking of charity" within a human community.
i need help understanding what Miller means by this statement.
my question is could this "breaking of charity" destroy a community today.please explain if you know

Literature;Crucible. - Writeacher, Saturday, January 10, 2009 at 4:06pm
http://www.answers.com/charity
Take a look at definitions 5 and 6. Then let me know what you think.
Literature;Crucible. - y912f, Saturday, January 10, 2009 at 4:11pm
so breaking of charity means breaking the love or relationship between one another?
Literature;Crucible. - Writeacher, Saturday, January 10, 2009 at 4:40pm
Yes -- breaking the close community they had built together.
Literature;Crucible. - Summer, Saturday, January 10, 2009 at 4:45pm
ok. so "breaking of charity" could definitly destroy a community...
Literature;Crucible. - Writeacher, Saturday, January 10, 2009 at 4:50pm
In the case of this particular community, it ripped the community apart. Yes.

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/crucible/
Read the section on "hysteria."
Literature;Crucible. - mysterychicken, Saturday, January 10, 2009 at 4:53pm
ok

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