Research Paper On Witchery

As I walk out the door of the house of reverend Parris, I am relieved of a musty smell of what can only be the cinder from the lit candle by the bedside of young Betty Parris. Burning for what seems like many a week ago. In the same way, I am relieved of any that think to accuse me of witchery. I have struck when the time is right. Several of the women in the room in a frenzy calling out names, much like attendance at Sunday Mass, accusing anyone that come into their mind. Joining in the madness by calling out the likes of Sarah Good, Goody Osburn, Bridget Bishop, Goody Sibber and Goody Booth. Y’see accusing others of conjuring or embracing any kind of compact with the devil has one sole purpose. Not because it’s truth, but because it acts as a conduit for escaping witchcraft plaguing your own name. …show more content…
When anyone shall mention my name and witchcraft in the same sentence, it is simple to deter the attention to someone else. Much like I did, along with several others, when we were in a fever shoutin’ names we’ve known for years while blamin’ them for sorcery of any kind. This way people completely overlook what people have said about you not minutes before. Even when they do charge and question you, if you are tactful enough, you can think of so many different ways to get people talkin’ about someone else. Which is just what I did to that slave Tituba. They know I drank a charm, so I accuse the Barbados woman of forcing me to do it. Once you convince the people of authority to believe your lies on multiple occasions, when you lie in the future, there should be no reason for them to stop believin’ you. This is what I hope for. Now that I have left that upper bedroom filled with several that are base and clueless that Tituba has saved me from the court. I’ve confessed my sins and accused