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The trials all began in the January 1692. The niece of Reverend Samuel Parris became sick. The doctor of the town, William Briggs, was called to help better the girls health. He diagnosed the ill girl with witchcraft, which sent the entire witchcraft into motion. The town of Salem was under distress during the time and many were taking notice of devilish action due to the fact of a smallpox outbreak. Many blamed this on the devil. They were also uptight because they were in a rivalry with a…

The salem witch trials were a line of hearings and prosecutions of people charged with witchcraft in Massachusetts between february 1692 and may 1693. These witch trials resulted in many innocent women accused and be set on trial and latter be hung. Many women have died from this act. This was a very important act when it was going on in 1692 because everyone believed in this act. Bridget Bishop was the first person to be found guilty for the practice of witchcraft and was found guilty and was…

The bioterrorism anthrax attacks that happened in 2001 though letters sent to various media workplaces left the world scared. Many people became infected through these letters, and also five innocent people died in consequence of them. It left the world confused and even more terrified when a 94 year old lady from a small town in Connecticut suddenly died from anthrax. Her name was Ottille Lundgren. It is still not known exactly today how she was exposed to this. There are many ideas as to how…

The Fallibility of Memory Back in the fifteenth century, eyewitness testimony was taken as factual evidence in court. During the Salem Witch Trials of Salem, Massachusetts, people were put to death because a person claimed to have seen them preforming witchcraft. Within past decades, we have now discovered that eyewitness testimonies are not factual, or condemning evidence. This is because, memory is theorized and easily impressionable. As you sit outside with a friend at your favorite café,…

Response 3 Wicca, Witch, Witchcraft By Erina Ibrahim special to The Suburban October 12, 2017 Do Witches still suffer from the prejudices and stereotypes? Among many Contemporary Pagan movements, Wicca is the best-known movements and practiced until now. Wicca is considered the modernisation of the Old Religion according to its followers. The practitioner of this religion is called Wiccan. Wiccans believe that the religion began in prehistory. Wicca is a recognized religion, although it's…

THE MAYA CULTURE The Maya Culture was one of great advancements, but also great distresses. The area of the Maya was the area also known as the “Meso American” time. The Mayans discovered and invented many tools we still use today Such as the calendar and the clock. The original Mayan calendar said that the world would end on December 21, 2012. but it didn’t, because it February 16th of 2016, right now, and I’m still alive! My family and I actually stood on one of the main pyramids at Chiza…

Imagine living in a place where people are at each other throats, and in most cases physical aggressions occurs. In addition, the people being aggressed were not some dangerous, and malicious criminals, most of them were next door neighbors, or a baker, or even your teacher, they were a members of society who probably played an important role in the community, yet they were still being accused of the misfortune of others, instead of identifying and assessing the real issue, and solving. This…

“The Visible and Invisible Worlds of Salem” describes the mysterious troubles experienced in Salem Village during the winter of 1691-1692 (Davidson & Lytle, 2005, p. 25). Accusations of witchcraft led to the death of twenty individuals. Reverend Samuel Parris’ daughter and niece came down with afflictions. The girls appeared to have pains, pricks, and convulsions. Many individuals, mostly women, were imprisoned. This forced them to defend themselves through forceful interrogation techniques…

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…

This essay with attempt to articulate the cultural phenomenon of “Satanic Panic” that occurred in the United States in the early 1980’s and 1990’s. Satanic Panic refers to the phenomenon of collective moral panic in American society. During this time it was believed that satanic rituals, child and animal abuse, and the infiltration of satanic cults into everyday life, was widespread and an immediate threat (Beard 212). This social panic manifested itself in various ways, primarily in the media,…