Accusation

have become the image of witchcraft in the pre-industrial era and still wear the façade today. Because of the roles female healers had in the pre-industrial era, their work created relationships and false reputations that made them vulnerable to accusations. Healers would gather natural remedies to help the sick feel better. Therefore, the ability to heal others with no qualifications was considered doing evil practices or magic. Witchcraft became associated with women because people believed…

for the “Witch Hunt” of 1692. These scandalous accusations marked New England as a time in which evil was found within the locals; endangering, provoking fear and blaming women for the practice of witchcraft. Accusations of witchcraft had been part of Colonial America before Salem in 1692, but the intensity in which cases of witchcraft developed throughout Salem, increased the interest for historians, forming many questions. Why did witchcraft accusations and fear increase during this era? The…

I believe that a person is innocent until they are proven guilty. If you are accused and face consequences right away and are not proven guilty it is unfair. It would be fair to go to court and have the accusation be backed up with proof or else it would be considered a slanderous statement. Accusing someone without any proof will cause a lawsuit that may last months or maybe even up to years. In my mind, they will always be innocent until proven guilty and they should not have any trouble…

trying suspected communists in America. McCarthyism, the practice that has been derived from this period of time, was the practice of making accusations of subversion without proper evidence. Miller chose the Salem Witch Trials as a basis for his play, as he believed it directly paralleled what was going on in America at the time – fear, mass hysteria and accusation. Thus ‘The Crucible’ was created, as an allegory showing Miller’s contempt…

Perhaps one of the most memorable of his accusations was his list of 205 names he had of communists in the State Department. According the HistoryMatters, McCarthy said, “I have here in my hand a list of 205… a list of names that were made known to the Secretary of States as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping policy in the State Department” (www.historymatters.gmu.edu). This quote demonstrates how accusations were running rampant during the…

Preschool, in Fort Bragg, California. Similar accusations were made in this case as with the McMartin case, but on top of all of the McMartin accusations, teachers and staff members were also accused of more. There were accusations of having children being buried in coffins or boxes and lowered onto the ground with a tube or hose for them to breath. Being tortured with water, similar to waterboarding or being sprayed with power hoses was another common accusation which resulted in the children…

They claim that they were possessed and began accusing people of witchcraft. These accusations of witchcraft concluded in 180 documented accusations with legal action against 144 of the accused. 54 accusations concluded in a confession of practicing witchcraft. The accusations led to many deaths including the hanging of 19 innocent people (Norton). These accusations cause mass is Histeria and had devastating effects without even proper evidence. The evidence used to accuse…

This essay illustrates many factors in Kent’s theory that address the witchcraft accusation is about belief of witches instead of misogynistic persecution of women. The analysis will include three claims that Kent makes in his argument. Specifically, the three major reasons the accusation of witchcraft is not female-targeted are: men have power over women and the society as a whole, and they manipulate such power; second, as well as women, men are also influenced by maleficium, and they practice…

When Judas felt sorrow after having betrayed Jesus, he went and hanged himself. This sorrow came from Satan’s accusation and it drove Judas to kill himself. Accusation leads to death. Peter’s sorrow was every bit as painful as what Judas experienced, but it was from conviction and it eventually led him to repent. Jesus restored Peter by letting him affirm his love for the Lord three times, just as he had denied Him three times. Conviction leads to repentance and life. According to the apostle…

effect on how human beings make their decisions. If humans are fearful for their well being, they will make false accusations against innocent people. After the Boston Bombings in 2013, people accused innocent Muslims of planting the bombs that killed three bystanders and injured many others. The victims that were accused were forced into hiding. Another incident where false accusations destroyed the lives of people occurred during the Salem Witch Trials. These…