Bewitched

When you look at the twenty-first century studies on the Salem Witch Trials, some other psychological and gender issues appear. Mary Beth Norton, an American historian, looks at these issues as a cause of the fits that the girls had. The girls may have had fits as a guilty response towards the participation in fortune telling. Norton also attributes the cause to the post-traumatic experiences that the Indian War caused on the population. Norton is unclear of the roots cause of the Salem Witch…

she states, “She ails as she must-she never walked this morning, but her eyes open and she walks, and hears naught, seems naught, and cannot eat. Her soul has been taken, surely” (Miller 13). Mrs. Putnam attempts to show others that Abigail is bewitched by stating she is not acting correctly. This type of behavior only infuriated others to then accuse more people, in order to save themselves. This went on for a while, “The frenzy spread across the colony as newly identified and confessed…

Maslin, Janet. "Sure, Mr. President, If You Really Want Me To." The New York Times. The New York Times, 09 Feb. 2012. Web. 05 May 2016. In this article Janet Maslin gives her very sarcastic opinion about the inner idea to write a book like “Once Upon a Secret” by Mimi Alford. The critic says that the book had been sold almost only because of the public interest in President`s life but not of the well told story or writing skills of the author. Also, Maslin noticed a massive lock of logic in the…

For example, if someone disliked their neighbor, they could easily claim that the neighbor’s spirit came to them, or bewitched them. This is observed when it’s said Giles’ wife, Martha Corey, was taken from their home and warranted when “The bloody mongrel Walcott charge her” (Miller 1076). Martha Corey and Walcott had a brief history together, putting them on a bad note…

drank blood, Abby! You didn’t tell him that!” “You did, you did! You drank a charm to kill John Proctor’s wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!” (18). To save herself from being put in jail for conspiracy of witchcraft she pretends to be bewitched, “I want to open myself. They turn to her startled. She is enraptured, as though in a pearly light. I want the light of God, I want the sweet love of Jesus; I want to kiss his hand. I saw Sarah good with the Devil! I saw Goody Osburn with…

The character states, “Could not scratch at his skin, for that sin-stained demon/ Had bewitched all men’s weapons, laid spells/ That blunted every mortal man’s blade” (“from Beowulf ln 483-485). Beowulf finds himself in a tight situation where he loses hope. He loses hope when he realizes that he could not hurt Grendel. Then he finds a giant…

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain follows Huck and Jim running away from society. Back then, Huck — white, and Jim — black were on two different levels of the hierarchy. Huck was taught that he was superior of those of color, and that they were practically emotionless. Yet, when he left civilization and found Jim, it marked the beginning of his change. Huck realized something special about Jim — he was different, unique even. It was definitely not an overnight change, it took…

In The Salem Witchcraft Trials: A Legal History, Peter C. Hoffer closely examines the many complexities of the bizarre Salem Witchcraft Trials and offers explanations as to what led up to and caused the terrible event. In the book, Hoffer uses analogies and insight to village life to support his explanations. This paper will review Hoffer’s re accounting of the trials, his theories on the trails, and the way in which he presents his arguments. Summary This section contains a summary of The…

Functionalism is the first macro perspective that as developed as a systematic method of analysis by Bronislaw Malinowski and A.R. Radcliffe-Brown. A principle approach was any social pattern or institute that does not serve a function will cease to exist and any pattern found among people is believed to have innate human needs. (Westphal & Levenson, 1993, pp.44) Malinowski believed that all human needs were satisfied by a way that does not cause social chaos, such as sex drive, hunger, and the…

the water, or party goers driving Gatsby’s motor boats and how they “slit the waters of sound.” “On buffet tables, garnished with glistening hors d’oeuvre, spiced baked hams crowded against salads of harlequin designs and pastry pigs and turkeys bewitched to a dark gold” Fitzgerald, Chapter 3. Fitzgerald shows how elaborate the spread of food for all his parties were. All the food seemed elegant in not just appearance, but in presentation as well. Fitzgerald uses imagery to draw his readers…