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Witchcraft in Europe Witchcraft lore has been around for thousands of years. One would be able to assume this since their overall knowledge wasn’t as advanced as we have become. We know how things work, what helps our plants grow, and how to heal people through medicine. The previous were all things the early people in Europe new little about, thus anyone that seemed able to do these things were considered a witch. The reason they were considered witches was because if they were able to help…

Andrew Pick Salem Witch Trials Research Paper The Trouble With Trials Sarah Osborne is an example of one of the colonists who were falsely accused of witchcraft during the period of the Salem witch trials. They used such excuses as she didn’t attend church regularly and that she had been married three times. There was not sufficient enough evidence against her to justly accuse her of being a witch but they did and as a result she ended up dying in a Boston prison. She was an elderly…

Hysterias begin where trust and friendships end. History shows that time and time again, people will lose trust in some of the most people because of ethnicity, race, or simple rumors. It starts, in America, with the witch hunts. After the hunting, random accusations would target certain groups because of worldwide events taking place or a simple way to get rid of humans. It eventually will target German Americans and German immigrants. This occurs when America and Germany declare war in World…

The Theory of Ergotism as the Cause of the Salem Witch Trials There are many theories about the beginning of the Salem Witch Trials that took place in the late 1600’s. The Salem Witch Trials were an outbreak of hysteria leading to the deaths of many who were accused of witchcraft. One such theory is the outbreak of Ergot on rye bread that the villagers use as a food source caused the girls who started the panic to have mass hallucinations and delusions (L. Annika). The theory is that the three…

Is witchcraft an actual thing? Can people be overtaken by the Devil and forced to do unruly things? Can it happen to a MAN? Maybe not in today’s world, but in Salem, Massachusetts, 1692, witchcraft seemed surreal. 11 females from a varying age were accused of witchcraft, with Abigail Williams at the head of the crew. The play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, the reader shows how the men overrule the women in 1692. The men control almost all the power of social classes in the Puritan Society. If a…

There were many people involved in the Salem Witch Trials. There were also many people who spoke out against the trials. The first of these people to speak out was John Willard. Willard was later accused of witchcraft by Ann Putnam Jr. and then again by his grandmother, Bray Wilkins . After being accused, the witches had the opportunity to confess their sins and return to there religious fold after repenting. Ann Putnam Jr. was the only person who ever actually did so. She then went on to accuse…

Children have the power to determine someone's fate in life. In 1692, children accused the innocent of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials and in 1984 children made accusations of sexual abuse. The innocent faced jail time and those accused of witchcraft were hung. The Fells Acre Day Care Center was a case similar to the Crucible where the innocent where accused, accusations were made with little to no evidence, and the innocent were killed. 1692 was one of the darkest years in U.S history…

” Abigail Hobbs confessed because the jury said that if the accused confessed, they would escape death. but would have to tell them who else are witches and what were they to do. So since they proved they “witches”, then there would be more witch hunts. The loss of acres for the farmers help cause the witchcraft trials. In 1640 the acres from families were pretty good, especially in 1653 ish. Then from there on, the acres were decreasing and the Salem witchcraft trials started in 1692.…

One Theory on the Salem Witch Trials One theory on why the Salem Witch trials happened is because of tensions and resentment (Staff). Hatred and stress were running high due to the afflictions the people had faced. Jealousy rose up and caused those who were innocent to be accused and may have been lead to death and extreme torture. Whether it was because of revenge, jealousy, resentment, need of attention, or fear of someone, many were accused. Witch trials were already happening in England back…

Empowerment, Scourge of Salem Were there really girls in Salem evil enough to cause something as horrible as the Salem Witch Trials? Stephanie Hemphill wrote a book of poems showing a fictionalized account of the witch trials called Wicked Girls. Empowerment, or the act of gaining power, runs throughout this book. While the actual Salem Witch Trials were based upon hysteria, Wicked Girls focused more on how the girls were empowered by their acting, showing how gaining power at the cost of others…