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Treatment of accused and prosecuted witches during the Salem Witch Trials was inhumane and can be associated with the American societal views at that time that witchcraft was wrong.Due to the conservative christian views in the late 1600’s, witchcraft was considered out of line for the undeniable reason that witchery was associated with the devil. Many historians affiliate Europe’s witch persecutions, their ethics and principles in the 16th and early 17th century with the events that occurred…

Witchcraft During the Renaissance Witchcraft and sorcery back in the 16th century is immensely different compared to now. Witchcraft is almost non existent in today's world. Only 2 out of every 10 Americans believe in sorcery. Back then it was a constant daily reminder of witches and warlocks causing chaos. Today’s society believes witchcraft is not logical and it is just a myth. Back then there was an average of 13 witch trials every single day across the world in the 16th century. Today…

A series of hangings and executions had taken place from June 10, 1692 to September 22, 1962, which was known as the Salem Witch Trials. By examining five documents based on the Trials, I have figured out that that there are multiple events that lead to this major event in history. My analysis shows that the leading causes for the Salem Witch Trial Hysteria were the very little to no evidence made for the case, the unusual ratio between the accused and accusers, and the locations of the accused…

The salem witch trials were a very intense time for america. This paper talks about what they were, why they happened, the reason the stopped, the witches of today, and a story of a witch named Lady Alice Kyteler. The Salem Witch Trials started from fear but stopped because people realised that they were killing innocent women. The Salem Witch Trials were court hearings for people who were thought to be witches. Twenty or more people were either hanged or burned. A year or two later the madness…

Witches and Warlocks have been around for centuries all over the world. Everyone has different ideas about them, whether it’s the way they imagine witches would look or if they believe they’re real or not. The definition of a witch, along with the belief in them, has been widely debated. From their first discovery, to modern day there is still no true definition of a witch. As of now, witches are still believed to exist. They have been described in many different forms among cultures and…

doors for the witch trails that happened in the following centuries. The greatest numbers of witch trails occurred in areas that the Inquisition was the most active such as in France, Germany, and Lombardy. Inquisitors took their jurisdiction over magic very seriously. This seriousness helped lead how witchcraft would be classified as a heresy and handled during later…

Salem Witch trials In 1692 many people were accused of witchcraft. It was a group of girls that started it all and from there on many innocent people were killed. What were the main causes for the salem witch trials I believe that the cause for the salem witch trials were that there was an economic downfall and the strong belief for witches. In 1692 the average size of farmland was at an all time low from, it started at 250 acres and dropped down to 120 acres (Salem Evidence C). This shows…

The mass hysteria of witchcraft led to the assumptions that witches were present among the innocent because of direct admission of some and visions of witches by others which is illustrated in the hearing of the first accused witches. In the event of the Salem Witch Trials, dozens of innocent people were put to their death for truly grotesque reasons. One morning in January of 1692, two girls by the names of Betty Parris and Abigail Williams began experiencing anomalous fits, eventually leading…

The innocent are hung, the truth disregarded, and a group of children hold absolute power. This was the state of Salem, Massachusetts from the spring through the fall of the year 1892. During this time, a witch hunt was happening in Salem, led by the niece of the Reverend of the village, Abigail Williams and her band of friends. Early in the play, Betty who is the Reverend’s daughter is ill due to some type of unnatural cause. She is found to be struck down the spirits of witches, spurring the…

front walk were swept and clear.”(p.168).Her house was perfectly clean and everything was in place. Miss Strangeworth loved her roses more than anything and she kept them as perfect as she could. She was a perfectionist, everything had to be perfect and “when she made a mistake, as she sometimes did, or when the letters were spaced nicely on the page, she had to take the discarded page to the kitchen stove and burn it at once.”(p.169).Everything at her house seemed a bit too…