Scavenger Hunt

The first article in the course reader is entitled ‘A Narratological Approach to Witchcraft Trials: A Scottish Case’ by Liv Helene Willumsen. The article focusses on the influence the scribe has in documenting witchcraft trials in the 1600’s. The author makes it clear on page nine and throughout the remainder of the article that the scribe can play a key role in colouring the case as they wish, as well as describing people in what could be a biased manner. However, she stipulates that the scribe…

The story begins on the night of the town council’s first meeting . The event is to be held at Sir William’s mansion at seven o’clock and everyone on the town council as well as outsiders are welcomed. As the host he gets to start the meeting off and be the center of attention. He also gets to address the problems that are on his mind, without any approval of any other officials. “Thank you all for coming tonight,” he announced in a deep, clear voice.”It is obvious that our first order of…

A. Why does Proctor complement the dish when he has just added seasoning to the stew? Explain. Procter complements the dish when he has just added seasoning to the stew because he wants to please his wife. He wants her to be happy and trust him and not to tension in the house. Procter said to Elizabeth You are one of the hardest crites.” Procter thinks that if he adds seasoning Elizabeth would please it even more. Fact it is known the John Proctor has cheated with Abigail causing problems in…

Have you ever thought of anybody religious dealing with a complicated situation? In the play, The Crucibles written by the playwright Arthur Miller, is about a witchcraft situation in Salem, Massachusetts that was causing people to lose their lives. There was an intellectual Beverly minister named John Hale who was there to fix the witchcraft situation because witchcraft is known as something to communicate with evil spirits. After spending time in Salem dealing with the problem, he was noticing…

In 1692, Puritans in colonial Massachusetts faced an interesting event called the Salem Witch Trials. The first sign of witchcraft was discovered when two girls, Elizabeth and Williams were having “fits.” The local doctor blamed their unusual movements on the supernatural. Satan worried the Puritan community because they believed that they always had to behave to go to heaven. Whether puritans were in or out of their home, they believed the devil was always watching them which is why they were…

During the 1600s Salem, Massachusetts was big on religion and on people practicing witchcraft.Also, it pertained to Mob Mentality, when they group of girls would accuse someone of witchcraft and they would hang them. The play The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller takes place in Salem, Massachusetts late 1600s. This book is about the prejudiceness of the Salem witch trials and the severe behavior that results from dark desires and hidden motives. John Proctor can be described as a stern,…

Witchcraft: While we read the book Macbeth, and did research on his time period there were many different example of when the witches either helped or hurt the people in the story or in that time period. As a result of that during the time period of King James, their society was not very well known for being kind to those who practiced witchcraft. Witchcraft is defined as the practice of magic, especially dark magic.it has to do with the use of spells and the summoning of spirits as well. “…

The result of this present study shows that there are six magical events that mainly influence the development of the major character in the novel Howl’s Moving Castle: (1) The cursed eldest of three, (2) The Witch of the Waste’s curse, (3) Sophie’s entrance into Howl’s Moving Castle and her bargain with Howl’s fire demon, (4) Sophie’s arrival in a strange country, (5) The relocation of the moving castle’s house, and (6) Sophie’s fights with the Witch of the Waste. These magical events influence…

The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, tells the story about a tangle of lies, misunderstandings, and deaths in the town of Salem during the time of witch trials. In the story, Abigail Williams along with a group of girls who follow her, between they Mary Warren, are responsible for falsely accusing the vast majority of people in the town of alleged relationships with the Devil, an act that the highest authorities believe. In this occasion, Miller treats topics such as integrity, revenge, guilt…

1 / 2 Lexi Punturo The Crucible Theme Analysis Theme #1: Reputation Reputation is one of the many concerns for the characters in The Crucible . Everyone wants a good name in the town because they do not want to get accused of witchcraft or being a husband of a witch. As the play starts out, Reverend Parris ( the Minister of Salem) finds out that Betty Parris and the other girls have being dancing outside. Later, people all believed that the "dancing" was a form of witchcraft and this was…