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Taylor Peebles English 11 19 April 2016 Prompt 3 Salem Witch Hunts vs. the Holocaust Have you ever been pushed away for being different? Well, if so, you are not the only ones. The Jews and witches that were accused were pushed away and even sentenced to death. In the time periods of 1692 and 1933-1945 were two big events. These events are known as the Salem witch trials and the Holocaust. They did not break any laws at the time, but we look at it now and know it was very wrong. Millions of…

When it comes to folktales and scary legends people tend to not believe in them now a day. Back in the ancient time people had the belief of witchcraft. The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. Although it is believed that the witch hunt of 1692 started in Salem Village, in reality it first occurred in Charlestown. First of all, the witch hunt of 1692 started long ago in…

Standard English Assessment Task 1: Discovery The prescribed text ‘Away’ by the composer ‘Michael Gow’ is a play that showcases personal discovery. The related visual text ‘On Loan’ by ‘Geoff Bennett ‘ and Jeannie Baker’s picture book “The Hidden Forest” are also demonstrating added personal discovery. “Away” is set in 1967-68 during the middle of the Vietnam War in Australia. It is based on three family’s lives in northern Australia: unexpected events see the families rendezvousing together…

Mary Magdalene is well known to many people. She is mentioned a few times in the New Testament. She has a questionable persona before she was first introduced. She is mentioned in the canonical gospels. She is an eye witness to multiple documentations about Jesus’ life in the ministry, death, and resurrection. Mary was was in a town called Magdala. Stated in the article about her childhood and early life here is not documentation in the Bible about “her birth, parentage or family status”. There…

values from the 19th century, he can still miss some progressive ideas like women’s suffrage. The second main theme is that Society can only progress so fast and the ignorant are still going to be ignorant. Twain demonstrates this with the various magic tricks and religion which fools many of the commoners into…

Imagine yourself being accused of witchcraft. Many women and some men were accused of witchcraft. The Salem witch trials where when people were accused of being inhabited or taken by the devil. There were 20 people executed because of it. Many Puritans have lived here in Salem, Massachusetts. People want to learn why it happened and what caused it. There were many factors that led to the Salem witch trial hysteria in 1692. Many of the people wear mostly woman, therefore one of the…

The Salem witch trial is one of the most mystifying parts in history and there are a lot of explanations to why the girls acted like that during the trials. The symptoms of the girls were: joking, vomiting, strangely ill, spouting gibberish, and bodies turning in odd positions. The two explanations that I believe could be the most plausible is, ergot poisoning, and boredom. Ergot poisoning, is something a person could get from eating rye or bread that has fungus growing into the body of the…

The Salem Witchcraft Hysteria The Salem witchcraft hysteria is an event that occurred during the February 0f 1692 through May of 1693 in colonial Massachusetts. There were a series of trails that resulted in twenty executions, one hanging, and five deaths in prison, all of people accused of witchcraft. The question you may ask is what caused the Salem witch trails. That question has been asked since the event occurred. Will anyone ever have a definitive answer? Probably not, it is not a complex…

Working Bibliography Asha McWilliams Topic: I would like to write my paper on the impact of Puritan ideas and the evolution of early evidence presented in court, with an emphasis on the Salem Witch Trials. Secondary Sources Latner, Richard B. "The Long and Short of Salem Witchcraft: Chronology and Collective Violence in 1692." Journal of Social History 42, no. 1 (2008): 137-156.…

minister in Dorchester Massachusetts who drafted the Cambridge Platform, a description of the Congregational system. His son Increase Mather, was the minister who ended the Salem Witch Trials. Cotton Mather, who was Richard Mather’s grandson, was a writer who published 450 books, and is credited with instigating the Salem Witch Trials.…