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It’s hard to figure out what the purpose of the Salem Witch Trials is. Obviously it was to get rid of all they people that were suspected witches by killing them, but that just doesn’t seem like a good enough reason to kill that many people just because someone has a suspicion that someone else MIGHT be a witch. If someone was even suspected as being a witch, they could be thrown in jail for months on end or even killed. If, in the process of killing someone, they someone get out of it or live,…

Trials and tribulations tower over our everyday lives, but not as much as the denizens of the past. The past is often characterized as being more primitive than its respective future which could be true in most cases. A lack of knowledge gives room for superstition and superstition gives room for disasters. One of these disastrous cases point directly towards the United States of America in the 17th century in the story dubbed “The Crucible”. Witches and warlocks were a bad existence for the…

Salem Witch Trials Witches The word witch comes from the celtic word 'wicca' meaning 'wise one' or 'magician'. Witchcraft was made a capital offence in Britan in the year 1563. How it began The Salem Witch Trials began in 1692. It all started when an Arawak slave called Tituba began telling otherworldly tales to 9 year old Elizabeth Parris and 11 year old Abigail WIlliams. Eventually, other girls joined in to listen to Tituba's stories. The new group included Ann Putnam (11), Mercy Lewis (17),…

Witch Trials in Europe Most people today know about witches and wizards from how Hollywood has portrayed them, and how they have magical powers that can do amazing spells. Such as in Harry Potter they’re not very feared, besides for the ones who set out to do evil, but in Europe in the 1400’s it was a totally different story people were absolutely terrified by them and thought that they were sent upon them from the devil out to do evil doings, and killed thousands of indecent people. How did…

When I was working in the Salem court with Judge Hawthorne it amazed me how the townspeople acted. It still troubles me to this day and one name stays with me: John Proctor. It was a peculiar situation and it seemed that I was the only one who had their head on straight. Back when it all began, I was working right outside of Salem in Massachusetts. Since I was the Deputy Governor of the Province, I remember hearing much gossip trickle from the town next door. Strange sightings of girls…

Over 150 people (78% women) were accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692. The infamous Salem Witch Trials began in 1692, after a group of young girls in Salem, Massachusetts, claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused local women of witchcraft. A wave of hysteria spread throughout colonial Massachusetts and the painful legacy of the Salem witch trials would endure for centuries. The Crucible was inspired by the Red Scare, which were accounts of real treason and communism…

The Salem Witch Trials were hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft between the dates of February 1692 and 1693. However, the trials were sexist, in that being that women were the main targets of witchcraft. The woman were treated in an barbaric, callous manner. These fiendish acts were of cruelty and savagery. The judges accused the women of being witches by using insufficient evidence from only one source; the sayings of the slave Tituba. Such evidence is…

Sourcery , devils , voodoo , or witchcraft. Witchcraft in New England was a big no-If you were thought to have done or be doing witchcraft , you would be sentenced to death. Altho you may think that is not that big of a deal , but back then it really was. But the real reason I am telling you this is to inform you as an individual on witchcraft in New England. Since witchcraft was such a big deal in New England , people started pointing fingers at people whom they thought to be suspicious. This…

McCarthyism refers to making an accusation with little to no prove, in particular in accusing one to be a communist. 3. The House Un-American Activities Committee acted as an investigative group of the United States House of Representatives, led by McCarthy. 4. The House’s activities compare to the Salem witch trials because both cases made accusations against people with relatively no prove and mostly assumptions. 5.…

Salem, Massachusetts is a religious town brimming with rumors of witchcraft and hysteria. In order to investigate the rumors of witchcraft, Reverend John Hale was called to investigate two girls for signs of the Devil. Reverend Hale is a committed Christian who is proclaimed to be an expert of witchcraft. In the play, as the girls are giving names of those who allegedly practice witchcraft he exclaims "Hallelujah". He plays an intricate role in the story as one of the most moral characters. As a…