Henry Hunt

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…

The author wrote the novel as a way to understand her past, as well as share it with others. The Carriers that she described in her book are based on what she knows about her ancestors involved in the Salem Witch Trials. Their names were the Carriers as well. However, Kent also wrote the novel to share a different perspective on the events. Most historical documents and fictional retellings focus on the main people involved in the trials: The girls and the accused from Salem. In The Heretic’s…

Breslaw analyzes the 5-day trial confessions of the slave Tituba to explore the cultural influences behind the Salem Witch-hunt. She argues that Tituba was not of African American descent but rather Native America nor was she involved in occult activities prior to 1692; it was the popularized fiction that was released afterwards that influenced the incorrect idea of Tituba’s origins (535). Breslaw’s analysis is important for a couple of reasons. She demonstrates how the various cultures: the…

MODERN DAY WITCH HUNTS I choose to write about modern day witch hunt because I wanted to learn more about it. I never knew what a witch hunt was but I did research and found out its when they search for people accused of witch hunt and is persecuted when found. And this all started because Salem witch trails was a series of hearings and…

A modern day dilemma that compares to the Salem Witch Trials is the Holocaust. Although the Holocaust happened roughly 250 years after the Salem Witch Trials, the events significantly resemble each other in a way of mass hysteria. Mass hysteria is also defined as an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear, often characterized as a sudden outburst of laughing or crying. In the Holocaust and the Salem Witch Trials, the leaders were ridding people of the “inferior race”. Many people say that…

In the year 1692, 20 people were killed, about 200 were accused all because people were great actors. The ways they were killed were gruesome some were burned, some were stoned, some skinned, some were hanged others were pressed to death. What caused The Salem Witch Trial Hysteria of 1692? The accuser, the defender, and the accused witch were the people involved, 20 people were accused of being witches therefore they were killed. This happened in the year 1692 it happened in Salem Massachusetts.…

The Salem Witch Trials were created out of a myriad of complex issues, many of which cannot be explicitly defined. Thus, political instability may not have been as significant to the escalation of the hysteria. For instance, while it is true that the beginning of the conflict began during the inter-charter period, the witch trials continued even after the reestablishment of the royal charter. Benjamin Ray addresses this in his paper, stating, ”By mid-June, the government was fully restored, yet…

This past semester, I worked with Big Brothers/Big Sisters of South Niagara over the Easter weekend for their annual Easter Egg Hunt. This is a charitable event that raises funds for the organization with the help of the City of Welland as well as the Welland firefighters, both volunteer and paid. Also, with the aid of many, many volunteers, the event almost always runs as planned. I have helped at this event for the past two years with friends. Both years, my friends and I have painted faces…

When a man was crushed under the enormous weight of boulders, stones, and rocks, he was not accused of being a murderer, or being a thief, or even the worst sin of adultery. This man was unable to confess the names of alleged, “witches” within the Salem Village of Massachusetts.This mans name was Giles Corey, and he was one of the many innocent victims killed during the Salem Witch Trials. With many problems facing people throughout the centuries, the Salem Witch Trials, the, “Red Scare” and the…

As the witch hunt begins in Act 2, it is seen that these so called witches are being used as a scapegoat in order to blame the children’s naked forest dancing on, and to blame all other perceived negative occurrences. As people are blamed by Abigail, there is a sense of panic that arises. For many of the people being blamed do not believe in witchcraft, but they instead know that in order to protect themselves, they must blame others, through the action of naming names. In order to blame others,…