European witchcraft

When I was working in the Salem court with Judge Hawthorne it amazed me how the townspeople acted. It still troubles me to this day and one name stays with me: John Proctor. It was a peculiar situation and it seemed that I was the only one who had their head on straight. Back when it all began, I was working right outside of Salem in Massachusetts. Since I was the Deputy Governor of the Province, I remember hearing much gossip trickle from the town next door. Strange sightings of girls…

Over 150 people (78% women) were accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692. The infamous Salem Witch Trials began in 1692, after a group of young girls in Salem, Massachusetts, claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused local women of witchcraft. A wave of hysteria spread throughout colonial Massachusetts and the painful legacy of the Salem witch trials would endure for centuries. The Crucible was inspired by the Red Scare, which were accounts of real treason and communism…

Towards the end of act one, Reverend Parris reflects his concerns about the drama that will arise; he brings up this topic with Rebecca and says, “Why, Rebecca, we may open up the boils of our troubles today!”(Miller 37) Putnam and Reverend Parris are discussing calling Reverend Hale: Putnam felt inclined to call Reverend Hale without consulting a meeting, in the middle of act one; he says, “I’m sick of meetings; cannot the man turn his head without he have a meeting?”(Miller 26) Half way…

In 1692, the village of Salem was overrun with people that cared only about themselves. This led to hundreds being arrested and 19 people sentenced to hang. One person that cares only for himself is Reverend Parris in The Crucible by Arthur Miller. Reverend Parris’ avaricious, assertive, and egocentric personality makes the reader view him as a terrible person that may be seen as a catalyst for the witch trials. People with avaricious personalities tend to be strongly disliked throughout their…

The Salem Witch Trials were hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft between the dates of February 1692 and 1693. However, the trials were sexist, in that being that women were the main targets of witchcraft. The woman were treated in an barbaric, callous manner. These fiendish acts were of cruelty and savagery. The judges accused the women of being witches by using insufficient evidence from only one source; the sayings of the slave Tituba. Such evidence is…

America to view anyone living outside the religious and social boundaries as potential minions of Satan. This notion perhaps best explains why in 1692 the remote location of Salem Village in Massachusetts became the focal point for a series of witchcraft accusations that would reverberate across all of colonial New England. In a manner complicit with the writings of Cotton Mather, Salem Village’s Puritan minister the Reverend Samuel Parris often used fiery sermons to illuminate the…

Sourcery , devils , voodoo , or witchcraft. Witchcraft in New England was a big no-If you were thought to have done or be doing witchcraft , you would be sentenced to death. Altho you may think that is not that big of a deal , but back then it really was. But the real reason I am telling you this is to inform you as an individual on witchcraft in New England. Since witchcraft was such a big deal in New England , people started pointing fingers at people whom they thought to be suspicious. This…

people with relatively no prove and mostly assumptions. 5. Other modern events compare to the witch hunts in Salem, such as the Holocaust. The Holocaust acted as a tool for Adolf Hitler to capture, attack, and kill Jewish members of the German and European community, with relatively no prove and mostly assumptions and accusations as reasoning for his acts. Arthur Miller 1. Arthur Miller, the famous playwright, emerged to fame after the success of his first play, Death of a Salesman which…

Salem, Massachusetts is a religious town brimming with rumors of witchcraft and hysteria. In order to investigate the rumors of witchcraft, Reverend John Hale was called to investigate two girls for signs of the Devil. Reverend Hale is a committed Christian who is proclaimed to be an expert of witchcraft. In the play, as the girls are giving names of those who allegedly practice witchcraft he exclaims "Hallelujah". He plays an intricate role in the story as one of the most moral characters. As a…

night, and my uncle leaped in on us. She took fright, is all” (Miller 149). She told John that when they were alone. She was telling the truth to him, and he never told anyone. Because no one knew the truth, the girls started accusing people of witchcraft. The people they accused got hung. Their fear had killed innocent people. Another character who fell into the hands of fear, was Mary Warren. Mary Warren knew the girls afflicted were lying, because she was with Tituba too. When Elizabeth…