Bewitched

something happened in the Parris household. Betty Parris and her cousin Abigail began to twist their bodies into weird shapes and saying stuff they could not understand. Betty’s worried father called a doctor to check on them and declared them bewitched. Salem village was a tiny New England town populated mostly by puritans or religious people who believed in the devil. Once the people heard about the way the Parris girls were acting they agreed that they both…

Given that the denotation of “bewitched” is “being controlled or affected by a magic spell,” Conrad includes this word to portray what is beginning to happen to the narrator psychologically. Moreover, the narrator begins to feel as if the “stillness of life” surrounding the Congo River…

The Witch Trials of 1692 The year of 1692 was a trying time for the young Salem town. At the time, Massachusetts was awaiting their new governor William Phips arrival, the colony lacked a charter, and the towns of New England were being attacked by French men and Indians. Of the many hardships taken place in that year the most infamous event was — the Salem Witch Trials. This was not the first witch trial to take place in the colonies, in fact, 45 years earlier, or 1647 the first witch…

Reverend Samuel Parris, the famous minister during the Salem witch trials, was not exactly, as he was described in The Crucible. Although most of the information given about Parris in the play is correct, some of his family was omitted and certain events did not happen as stated in the play. Not everything in the play was the same; for example in the play, Parris only had one child named Betty. According to History of Massachusetts, he actually had three children, Betty, Thomas, and Susannah…

Augustus also seems to be very displeased by the woman, suggesting that Caesar was 'bewitched by that accursed woman', as well as 'being spurned and trampled on by a woman of Egypt'. Unlike Horace's Ode, Augustus does not seem to relent and reconsider his stand point on Cleopatra. Comparatively, neither Horace nor Augustus make any attempt…

having a strange fit shortly after meeting with Bishop to be sold. It was seen jumping everywhere, knocking it’s head against the fence many times, acting blind and deaf, as well as foaming from the mouth. The Bly’s strongly believed that Bishop bewitched their sow. They were not alone on their accusations, making their testimonies very strong against…

They are bewitched, stuck to love even if they are hurt by it (mental or physical abuse..etc). They are unable to see the flaws of their lover therefore their life could be ruined if the potion falls in the wrong hands. They could be asked to do stupid things and still…

punishment for Abigail and Betty would be getting whipped if anyone found out they played with magic with Tituba. The first name that was given was Tituba’s. Abigail and Betty must have been scared of being punished, therefore they accused Tituba of “bewitched” them. The girls knew magic was forbidden and rumors started to spread in the community and out of fear of being whipped they accused Tituba of being a witch. Tituba denied being a switch at first but she learned that the magistrates…

young girls, nine-year old Elizabeth Parris and eleven year old Abigail Williams began to have strange fits. Samuel Parris did not believe that his daughter and niece were bewitched. However, Physician William Griggs believed, “the girls were under an evil hand” . Samuel and other ministries were convinced that someone had bewitched the girls which lead them to pray for an answer. At the end of February the girls accused three women of bewitching this lead to many trials. The first trial was…

Many Puritans in the Salem Witch Trials thought that malicious witches bewitched the girls, but could their symptoms been caused by ergot poisoning? Ergot poisoning is caused by an infection of a fungus named ergotamines .a family could be deluged with the fungus if it ate the same infected grain. Two major symptoms were a painful…