Magic realism

Back then like way before the 1900s it was believed that witches were real. In the play, the crucible by Arthur miller, salem was under the witch trials. A girl and a cousin were both suspects but then became victims because they claimed they under the power of other women in the town. As people started to be accused more and more chaos awoke. John proctor is around 40-60 years of age when he becomes a suspect and victim in the salem witch trials. He is a hero, a failure, has strengths and…

Does America have modern day witch hunts? Not witch hunt in the sense of hunting for literal witches, but in the sense of looking for something out of fear. Throughout history mankind has shunned being different from segregation to social barriers put up by social media. These differences lead to fear which leads to “witch hunts”. Witch hunts occur all the time rather we realize it or not. From literal witch hunts in Salem to trying to catch terrorist now at every airport and federal building.…

Witches use spells, or wholehearted prayers using the power of the elements to manifest wishes. (Zhao). Stigma surrounded witchcraft with the assumption that witches use satanic rituals and dark magic. This negative perception of witchcraft came from the Catholic Church. They proclaimed that Pagan gods were actually demons disguising themselves as gods to fool people into worshipping them. The rumor about Pagan gods being demons morphed into the…

There were many strange actions among the Puritans who resided in Salem, a village in Massachusetts. In Rosalyn Schanzerś WITCHES The Absolutely True Tale Of Disaster In Salem, many people of Salem thought the act of witchery was involved. However, they did not consider the possibility of an illness or disease they could have contracted. In 1692, Reverend Parris’s two daughters, Betty and Abigail, started to act abnormally. This included very unusual symptoms such as contortions and…

The salem witch trials were very chaotic in 1692. In the salem witchcraft hanging of 1692, there were twenty people killed, nineteen were hanged and one was pressed to death (Doc A). Giles Corey was pressed to death because he would not testify in the salem witchcraft trials. The causes of the salem witch trials of 1692 are jealousy, lying young girls, and town division. Jealousy played a big role in the salem witch trials. Younger females were jealous of older females, so they accused them of…

Who is to blame for the witch trials in Salem? No one other than Abigail Williams of course. Abigail was just a normal girl who lived in Salem. She once went into the woods with a group of girls and from there everything changed. The girls one by one put different items in a cauldron and said the name of the person they adored. Abigail then got naked and started dancing with the group of girls and when they got caught she then later faked to be under a spell and panicked the whole town. Abigail…

The Salem witch trials was a group of young girls in Salem, Massachusetts who were accused of messing with witch craft and had been claimed to be possessed by the devil in the years of 1692-1693. Twenty people had during those years, within those twenty only nineteen were hanged and one by the name of Giles Corey was pressed to death by stones. In the 1600s the Puritan religion was very strict especially in the Salem Valley. Puritans feared the devil, they feared witch craft because one who…

magician’s name is Harry Houdini, and he was a very odd person in his time. Houdini was born in Budapest, Hungary on March, 24, 1874. He grew up in the U.S. in Appleton, Wisconsin then moved to New York City. His magic acts started in a circus when he was about 8-10 years old. Once, he started magic on his own with his brother he then changed his name to Harry Houdini. His mom died in 1913 while Houdini was on a trip to somewhere to perform. He could escape just about everything, even his…

Devil as a lover. Women are defective and cannot control their affections or passions and so they “search for brood over, and inflict various vengeances, with be witchcraft or by some other means.” Witches practiced evil magic in order to do harm. In early times, many believed their magic was the potent remains of pagan religions. Witches were able to affect the weather to destroy crops and cause havoc, they liked to eat babies. Most however needed to go through a time of learning to cast…

She acquires knowledge from library books and from Constance. According to Lynette Carpenter, most of Merricat’s magical power is based off her knowledge of poisonous plants. Most of her magic is visible and physical to the eye to the point where her inner thoughts have become obvious to readers. During her Uncle Charles’ stay, she boasts her knowledge of poisonous plants as an attempt to scare off him. Charles is the foreign person in this…