The Crucible by Arthur Miller (superstition)
Superstitions have a way of making their way throughout the years. Superstition is a belief or practice generally regarded as irrational and resulting from ignorance or from fear of the unknown (The Encyclopedia of Superstitions 8). In The Crucible by Arthur Miller the concept of superstitions arose that there was witches among the community. Superstition and fear were in every house, in every mind, when accusation was a conviction, when assertion of innocence was regarded as a confession of guilt. Now the intelligent people know better that witches never existed, that human beings never bargained with any devil, and that our pious savage ancestors were mistaken. Although superstition is something that can be scientifically proven wrong, they simple explanation for a coincidence (superstitions 1-4). Here are three most common superstitions and how they came about that have been passed on through history to this very day. The most popular superstition is that if a black cat is crossing a person's path it will cause that person bad lucks before his or her journey is over. If this occurs the individual can take twelve steps backwards to ward off the bad luck (cat-report 6). This belief originat
The most common of all superstitions is Friday the thirteenth considered as a bad luck day. First of all the number thirteen is considered to be unlucky. It is originated from the bible, which is often considered a book of numbers. In the Bible the numbers 7, 12 and 40 appear throughout the Old and New Testaments. The number 12 is considered a lucky number. As a result, the number that follows 12 was thought to be evil (The Encyclopedia of Talismans, Charms and Superstitions 8). Friday is also considered to be unlucky by some. Some people believe that Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden of Eden on a Friday, Noah's flood started on Friday, and Christ was crucifies on a Friday. Friday also is traditionally considered to be judgment day for the dead. It was, for many years, designated as a day for capital punishment and informally referred to as "hangman's day" (Omen and Superstitions 1). Most believers associated the number 13 with Friday, which originated in contemporary minds, from the fate of Jesus as the 13th guest among his 12 apostles in the Biblical account of the Last Supper. Then the next day, the crucifixion of Jesus, was a Friday. Also noted that twelve witches plus one devil are present at Satanic ceremonies so Friday and 13 make a deadly combination (Customs and Superstitions and their Romantic Origins 7). To this day people still believe in Friday the thirteenth. From one generation after another superstit
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