Gallows

Blessed Isles influenced the discovery of America because it was a paradise for the dead and favored by the Greek God. It was a land located at the end of the world which led to finding America. There was a story by the name of saint St. Brendan from Ireland whose voyages led him to America nearly 500 years before the Vikings and before Christopher Columbus. Many people believe that Saint Brendan’s passage and how he got there led to Columbus’ discovery of America. The invention of the Caxton…

Salem Witches of 1962 Submitted by: Adriana Q. H. Sumner April 4, 2016 Honors English 11 River Valley High School  What comes to mind when “Salem Witch Trials" is said? Does innocent women being brutally murdered due to other’s superstitions come to mind? Or does one think of what went through the people of Salem’s minds when they started the trials? According to an entry on witchcraft at Encyclopedia.com, “witchcraft” comes from the Saxon word wicca, which sometimes means “wise person” but…

Sin is a religious concept that is done by everyone, yet at the same time is frowned upon in society, making humanity look like a hypocritical hive mind. Many concepts and examples of sin are shown in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel “The Scarlet Letter.” Throughout the story, sin is portrayed by almost all characters in the book, yet the ones who have been the most notorious in displaying sin are Hester Prynne, Roger Chillingworth, and Reverend Dimmesdale. Hester Prynne is the main protagonist in…

cursed people came to light, (Alderman, pg 35) more and more accused witches being sent to their premature death. Everything was going to chaos. No one knew who to trust any more. Even the ones claiming to be afflicted followed the accused to the gallows(Andrews). Luckily none of them were sentenced by fire or water, and hanging was mildly quick and painless (Andrews). Five were hanged in July, five more in August, and eight in September(HIstory Staff). After that, I had lost count.(History…

There are eleven recorded versions of the popular folk ballad “The Cruel Brother,” resulting in an extensive amount of possibilities for comparisons and contrasts between each of the different variations of the ballad. Since the origins of ballads are unknown, it makes the interpretation process of them quite complex, and requires audiences to analyze the content of ballads with extremely limited contextual clues. Considering, again, the fact that there are eleven versions of this single ballad,…

Throughout our history there have been many events which caused a significant impact on how the world is today. Among those from the Medieval Times are the Spanish Inquisition and the Christian Reformation. Even today, people still debate over the actions and motives of these events as to whether or not they were justifiable among other topics. Within these discussions, it is interesting to see comparisons between the two. The popular opinion regarding these two events is that the Spanish…

“Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes. Never shall I forget those things, even were I condemned to live as long as God Himself” (Wiesel 34). The world of Auschwitz is talked about frequently, discussed in many historical contexts, and the barbaric nature of this death camp is widely acknowledged. Nevertheless, the works of Elie Wiesel and Primo Levi – two holocaust survivors with countless stories to tell – open up a vivid scope into…

is letting it all out. He tells him that he has been lying and he isn’t even worth the dust on the feet of those who hang. He puts himself below everyone because he has lost hope. John Proctor decides to tear up his confession and he goes to the gallows with the others to be hanged. At this point he doesn’t care anymore e doesn’t want to live and he wants to be hanged with the others. This shows that he is being selfless and is going to own up to what he was accused of now. He no longer wanted…

To the Gallows: Medieval Torture and Modern Torture The most painful torture device was called the rack. A person would be stretched until their body parts became dislocated. Some people stretched the body so far that they completely separate from the main body (Pegg 11-12). Medieval and Modern torture are two things that are alike in physical and psychological ways, but they are different in the severity and the ways in which we use them. The most popular kind of torture was done by hand.…

Empress Gustave-Fernandez Ms. Flaherty Sec:Red The Crucible Numerous people of all age ranges have been enticed with the events of the infamous Salem Witch Trials for centuries hoping to find answers. From February 1692 to May 1693, a series of prosecuting the accused with witchcraft took spotlight, and left many families mourning. The accused criminals may not have at all done anything wrong, but their lives were determined in the hands of a few unworthy officials. A heartbreaking 20 people…