that might be interpreted as non-Puritan, pronounced by Mather allowed the villagers of Salem to elucidate any kind of behavior that potentially resemble that of a witch or any forms of witchery. In the Middle of the summer in 1688, one of the oldest children, saw cause to examine the laundry lady, because she felt that there was linen missing in the household. “Of what use this linnen might bee to serve the Witchcraft intended, the Theef's Tempter knows! The lady in her opinion was the daughter of a scandalous ignorant old bat in the village, who in her opinion made her husband miserable and very unhappy, he often insulted her, and said she was with out a doubt a witch, and that whenever he slept, she practiced witchery under there household.
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As time progressed, the number of villagers confessing to be witches grew exponentially. Cotton Mather fear of witches within the village only grew greater which each confession. August 4, 1692, Cotton Mather uttered a homily warning that Judgment day was near, and depicted himself as one of the leaders fighting an army of devils. Even though there were an enormous amount of villagers supporting the search to find witches and exciting the trials there were surprisingly people who were against the trials and felt that it was unfair and cruel and unusual punishment. One of the more outspoken critics was as a local farmer John Proctor, who belittled the idea of witchcraft in Salem and called the girls cunning and scam artist. Mr. Proctor was never shy about expressing himself even though the consequences could possible be harsh and he would possibly be frowned upon amongst the other villagers. Detractors like John Proctor were quickly assumed to be performing a form witchcraft themselves, under the notion that if you didn’t believe in witches then you must be one, quickly after expressing himself John Proctor was brought to
As time progressed, the number of villagers confessing to be witches grew exponentially. Cotton Mather fear of witches within the village only grew greater which each confession. August 4, 1692, Cotton Mather uttered a homily warning that Judgment day was near, and depicted himself as one of the leaders fighting an army of devils. Even though there were an enormous amount of villagers supporting the search to find witches and exciting the trials there were surprisingly people who were against the trials and felt that it was unfair and cruel and unusual punishment. One of the more outspoken critics was as a local farmer John Proctor, who belittled the idea of witchcraft in Salem and called the girls cunning and scam artist. Mr. Proctor was never shy about expressing himself even though the consequences could possible be harsh and he would possibly be frowned upon amongst the other villagers. Detractors like John Proctor were quickly assumed to be performing a form witchcraft themselves, under the notion that if you didn’t believe in witches then you must be one, quickly after expressing himself John Proctor was brought to