Witch-hunt

with protagonist witches fighting malicious villains, however, witchcraft and the hunt of witches that has left an execution of 40,000 to 50,000 “witches” in Europe has been a predominant practise in Early Modern Europe (c1560-1660). Witch hunting was profoundly centred in England, Germany, and Scotland, and occurred during 1560 to 1660, accusing innocent scapegoats of practising witchcraft which conflicted with Christian beliefs. “Witches” were blamed for natural occurrences…

It’s 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts and the town is in shambles and the stench of death is in the air. “Witch hunts” are the cause and everyone is fearing for their lives. These “witch hunts” were very violent and were a way of accusing those who look and and live differently than the others, whose judgement and thinking may differ from what we want, and those who have committed actions considered very sinful and horrifying. The Crucible has expressed these circumstances in ways that can easily…

Bias in History: Analogies of Witch Hunts and McCarthyism Going through high school in my small hometown, I would always hear about McCarthyism, or the Second Red Scare, in a poor context. One common analogy I heard was connecting McCarthyism to the witch hunts that I would hear about from the medieval period. This shows a bias has been developed against the topic and is now ingrained into society. To examine this topic I looked at sources involving both McCarthyism and the witch hunts. While…

Witch-hunting in Early Modern Europe The infamous witch hunting which took place in Early Modern Europe is a fascinating and recently contested event of significance to New Zealanders. From around the time of the mid-15th century to that of the 17th, the European continent was plagued by what is now known to be ‘The Great Witch Craze’. Many were put to trial under the belief that they had been practising Satanic rituals that did not align with conventional Christianity. Now, as historians look…

Witch hunts. Driven by the need to purge their society of evil and sin, merciless government leaders hang supposed evil doers by their necks. The targeting, persecution, and execution of witches has existed for a long time, regardless of whether the victims were actual practitioners of witchcraft or not. The question remains, if these people were not truly mixing concoctions of liquid evil in cauldrons or casting spells on their personal enemies, then why were they chosen to be accused, and…

devil or some similar spirit, often called dark spirits (“Witchcraft,” n.d.). Lynching would be when an individual is executed, normally by means of hanging from a noose, by a group of people—this often will occur without, or with inadequate judicial proceedings (“Lynching,” n.d.). Witch hunts have been around for centuries, but is it still really a practice that occurs to this day? According to Miguel (2005) witch hunts can still be seen to this day in rural…

Witch Hunts in Today’s Society Back in 1986, Michael Morton had a good, happy life. He was a father to a toddler named Eric and a wife. Everything was going well until he was sentenced to life on February 17, 1987 for the murder of his wife. They believed Michael was angry at his wife because she would not spend personal time with him the night before on his birthday. Therefore Michael was blamed and convicted for the murder. Michael was released on October 4th in 2011 and exonerated December…

As the witch hunt begins in Act 2, it is seen that these so called witches are being used as a scapegoat in order to blame the children’s naked forest dancing on, and to blame all other perceived negative occurrences. As people are blamed by Abigail, there is a sense of panic that arises. For many of the people being blamed do not believe in witchcraft, but they instead know that in order to protect themselves, they must blame others, through the action of naming names. In order to blame others,…

SALEM WITCH TRIALS Over three hundred years ago, the people in and around Salem, Massachusetts, took part in the most massive witch hunt in American history. The Salem Witch Trials were a terrible time for the little town of Salem. The Trials began in the Spring of 1692 when a group of girls claimed they were possessed by the devil. This sent panic all throughout the Village of Salem and led to more than two hundred local citizens being accused of witchcraft (Worthen 1 of 3). The Trials came…

When it comes to folktales and scary legends people tend to not believe in them now a day. Back in the ancient time people had the belief of witchcraft. The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. Although it is believed that the witch hunt of 1692 started in Salem Village, in reality it first occurred in Charlestown. First of all, the witch hunt of 1692 started long ago in…