The Salem witchcrafts, consisted as multiple demonic spirits tortured a pure, God fearing soul, in retaliation to uneasy affairs with the servants’ guardian family. While reading Escaping Salem, I gathered that in this earlier century, England was known to be very traditional, family-oriented, and deeply invested in their Puritan religion, women were also considered a substitution for men, in terms of labor. Along with collecting information from online resources, about how these witch trials not only occurred in the 1600s, but also far thereafter, the book also provided examples of many witches, Elizabeth Seager, and Katherine Harrison; who escaped conviction, due to the lack of tangible evidence.
One lenient evening in October 1692, was expected to progress routinely, until the moment Katherine Branch, a servant of the Wescot household, went out to fetch herbs, and returned in an altered mental state. Katherine, commonly referred to as Kate, began having spontaneous episodes of unusual body contortions and spasms of screaming. As the situation might have been hard to grasp, Mr. Wescot reminisced on moments his daughter experienced such difficulties a few …show more content…
These Connecticut originated occurrences have since then, “swept through other colonial town[s]” (Klien). The witch trials were founded in a small town on the outskirts of Connecticut which mostly consisted of puritans. John and Bethia Kelly’s daughter was found fatally possessed. Bridget Bishop, was the first to die in the Salem witch-trails, as a result to her rebellious attitude. Puritans had tradition of modest clothing especially women, Bishop blatantly contradicted the religious town with her abstract clothing. Specifically, her extravagant black witch-hat is now known as a universal symbol of evil. The ruthless witch was always known as an inconsistency with the puritan
One lenient evening in October 1692, was expected to progress routinely, until the moment Katherine Branch, a servant of the Wescot household, went out to fetch herbs, and returned in an altered mental state. Katherine, commonly referred to as Kate, began having spontaneous episodes of unusual body contortions and spasms of screaming. As the situation might have been hard to grasp, Mr. Wescot reminisced on moments his daughter experienced such difficulties a few …show more content…
These Connecticut originated occurrences have since then, “swept through other colonial town[s]” (Klien). The witch trials were founded in a small town on the outskirts of Connecticut which mostly consisted of puritans. John and Bethia Kelly’s daughter was found fatally possessed. Bridget Bishop, was the first to die in the Salem witch-trails, as a result to her rebellious attitude. Puritans had tradition of modest clothing especially women, Bishop blatantly contradicted the religious town with her abstract clothing. Specifically, her extravagant black witch-hat is now known as a universal symbol of evil. The ruthless witch was always known as an inconsistency with the puritan