Although men and women were falsely condemned as witches and put to death, there is still a belief that there were real witches among the people. In 1692 there was a 15 week period from around June 10th to September 22nd. There was a verity of people tried as witches, it is popular to think that only women are witches but men were also tired during this time. Many of the trials were unfair and almost all people accused were ultimately put to death. The trials ranged from beating some one until they falsely admitted to being a witch and then being killed to literally pulling some one apart limb by limb, but the tests for guilt will later be mentioned in this paper.
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Pressing- More like crushing. The accused were “pressed” by a heavy stone until they admitted to guilt. As the trials went on it seems as if the tests got worse and worse. There were so many things wrong with this test, its not technically a test but rather torture. How can some one admit to guilt none the less talk or breathe beneath the heavy stones? 7. Bound submersion- This was by far the most unethical method none the less illogical, the accused were bound by his or her hands and feet with a heavy rock attached at one end. Every thing was then thrown into a lake, pond or small body of water. If the person was guilty they would float to the surface, followed by their execution. If they has sank they were proven innocent the accused would still die by drowning. The bystanders wouldn’t do anything about it; they were okay with innocent people’s dying, that’s how far the trials had gone. This test resulted in death 100% of the time with the accused always drowning.
The Salem witch trials were a mass hysteria, a mind game and a mental disorder more than anything. Panic spreads like wild fire, when one person get scared most of the time some one else will too. There was a total of 24 men arrested and about 110 women. There were significantly more women accused because of the position they were put in. Women had no say or power back then, they never had any religious, medical, or economic power. They weren’t allowed to learn or vote and people thought that it had pushed them to
The beginning of any epidemic is probably the most important; …show more content…
Pressing- More like crushing. The accused were “pressed” by a heavy stone until they admitted to guilt. As the trials went on it seems as if the tests got worse and worse. There were so many things wrong with this test, its not technically a test but rather torture. How can some one admit to guilt none the less talk or breathe beneath the heavy stones? 7. Bound submersion- This was by far the most unethical method none the less illogical, the accused were bound by his or her hands and feet with a heavy rock attached at one end. Every thing was then thrown into a lake, pond or small body of water. If the person was guilty they would float to the surface, followed by their execution. If they has sank they were proven innocent the accused would still die by drowning. The bystanders wouldn’t do anything about it; they were okay with innocent people’s dying, that’s how far the trials had gone. This test resulted in death 100% of the time with the accused always drowning.
The Salem witch trials were a mass hysteria, a mind game and a mental disorder more than anything. Panic spreads like wild fire, when one person get scared most of the time some one else will too. There was a total of 24 men arrested and about 110 women. There were significantly more women accused because of the position they were put in. Women had no say or power back then, they never had any religious, medical, or economic power. They weren’t allowed to learn or vote and people thought that it had pushed them to