Magic realism

scholars of middle ages, magic can only be conducted with support of demons, that’s why witchcraft was considered work of devil. According to book witch-hunt in early modern Europe by Brian P. Levack, when Europeans mentioned word ‘witchcraft’, they were referring to two types of…

Article Review In the article “The Devil’s Tongue”, the author looks to answer two questions; How did the epidemic gather so much speed, and how did it come to involve a satanic plot? Both of these answers lie in an Indian slave named Tituba. In early 1692, many young women started to act differently. “They contorted violently; the complained of bites and pinches. They alternately interpreted sermons and fell mute…” The local people had no great explanation for all of this so, the women were…

interchangeably, but it is important to explain a particular way of use each of them. Since the dawn of time people was always interested in the magic and supernatural powers. Topic of witchcraft and magic was always very popular in different kinds of dissertations and papers. Scholars were looking for the relation between witchcraft and religion or the influenced of the magic on the beliefs in various societies. It is important because…

As part of the infamous “swimming test,” accused witches were dragged to the nearest body of water, stripped to their undergarments, bound and then tossed in to to see if they would sink or float. Since witches were believed to have spurned the sacrament of baptism, it was thought that the water would reject their body and prevent them from submerging. According to this logic, an innocent person would sink like a stone, but a witch would simply bob on the surface. The victim typically had a rope…

According to an entry on witchcraft at Encyclopedia.com, “witchcraft” comes from the Saxon word wicca, which sometimes means “wise person” but more so from an Indo-European root, “weik”, which is the root for many words in various languages that relate to magic, religion or divination. Witchcraft is used to define a variety of happenings including magical/religious practitioners in third…

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 Most historical documents and fictional retellings focus on the main people involved in the trials: The girls and the accused from Salem.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.…