Black magic

The Salem Witch Trials began in 1692 and became one of the most infamous witchcraft episodes in United States history. It all started in the small Puritan village of Salem when little Betty Parris and Abigail Williams became ill and did not show any signs of improvement. This is when Reverend Parris, Betty’s father, called in the village doctor William Griggs. His diagnosis of bewitchment had the village overtaken with mass hysteria that would continue to plague them long after the May 1693…

Theories of The Salem Witch Trials Salem, Massachusetts, a town originally settled in the early seventeenth century, after King Charles II granted a charter, allowing the colonization and self rule over The Massachusetts Bay Colony. This charter was revoked then renewed before finding stable ground in 1691. Salem was run by a group of Puritans who left England due to religious oppression. The Puritans sought out a land where the Puritan Church could not only exist, but exist without interference…

As I walk out the door of the house of reverend Parris, I am relieved of a musty smell of what can only be the cinder from the lit candle by the bedside of young Betty Parris. Burning for what seems like many a week ago. In the same way, I am relieved of any that think to accuse me of witchery. I have struck when the time is right. Several of the women in the room in a frenzy calling out names, much like attendance at Sunday Mass, accusing anyone that come into their mind. Joining in the madness…

Residents in Salem are denied to practice any other religion or else it will be considered defiled and corrupted. The irony is that their fathers had been persecuted in England because the theocracy government are not allowing free religion. For residence in Salem, the are doing what the theocracy did to their ancestors. The witch hunt years are considered the time for revenge because it supports spectral evidence that one could accuse others for supernatural reasons without providing evidence.…

hen it came to sentencing the accused, there were only a few ways that they got punished. Most of the supposed witches died in jail, some were hung, but one member of the community was stoned to death. Giles Corey was an old man who farmed and was the husband of Martha Corey. One day, Martha was accused of witchcraft after she questioned about the lack of evidence behind the malice trials. After voicing this to the community, people then came forward and accused Martha of being a witch. She was…

To the modern reader, the idea of the weird sisters in Macbeth being truly supernatural may seem laughable. In this era of skepticism and scientific thinking, superstition is typically relegated to children’s stories and fantasy novels. Today’s standard just-the-facts mentality makes it difficult for audiences to suspend disbelief as to the nature of the witches. However, it is vital to consider the time period in which the text was written, as the prevailing attitudes towards the supernatural…

The Salem Witch Trials When individuals talk about what had happened during the seventeenth century, it brings back to the dark period full of social, political, and economical challenges and gender inequality in American history. Richard Godbeer’s book, Escaping Salem: The Other Witch Hunt of 1692, discusses the events of the story of a witch hunt in Stamford, Connecticut. Furthermore, the book details how series of witchcraft cases brought before local adjudicators in a settlement called…

Their religion is very strict, you come to church every sunday, don't work on the sabbath, and you believe the ministers word like it’s the words of god himself. Anything they have done to go against this would make them look like a witch if they was accused by people of the town. When accused most of them are asked to say the 10 commandments and if they can’t say them then they are said to be a witch. The punishment for witchery if you confesses is to be beat severely, and if you don’t…

Walking into the court on the first day of the witchcraft trails I felt quite a bit of remorse for those on trial. For it had been my fault, our fault. We accused the innocent of witchcraft, so we could get out of trouble, but did we actually save ourselves? So I now must to confess, I cannot keep in such a lie. We cheated the entire town of Salem. All of the girls and I weren’t forced to dance in the woods by Tituba’s spirit. We did it willingly, and for that matter quite often. When Reverend…

The Salem Times Bringing you the most up to date information regarding the Salem Witch Trials $1.50 Tuesday, November, 7th 2017 Why 24 People Died of Jealousy We have been studying the salem witch trials in social studies and trying to figure out what caused them. After a lot of time studying, I have decided that jealousy is what caused the Salem Witch Trials. If you have never heard of them, the Salem Witch Trials, It was a big hysteria where people of Salem village accused other people…