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What do we know about Salem? Salem is a coastal town in Essex County, Massachusetts, in the United States. Salem is a New England bedrock of history and is considered one of the most significant seaports in Puritan American history. Salem was founded in 1629 by the Puritans. Puritans, the people who did not recognize the authority of the official church and followers of Calvinism in England in the XVI-XVII centuries. The increase in the refugee population in Salem, led to a shortage of arable…

March 5, 1770, a group of colonists and British Officials met on the street. A fight broke out leaving four colonists dead. This event later became known as the Boston Massacre, as it took place in Boston, arguably the most rebellious of the thirteen colonies. The relation between the colonists and the British was tense, as expected, insults were often passed back and forth between the two parties. But the most violent exchange was the Boston Massacre which left the freed black man Crispus…

The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a play about witch trials in Salem. In the play, the whole village goes crazy about witchcraft. Abigail Williams accused that most of the innocent women in the village are witches. In this essay, I will prove that Elizabeth Proctor is a loyal, for justice, and jealous women. As it was said before Elizabeth Proctor is a loyal woman, even though John Proctor confessed lechery, she couldn’t put his reputation down. She lied in court when Danforth asked her if her…

The dark forces where greed, lying and wanted people dead. The main girl that wanted people or a person dead was Abigail Williams. She wanted Elizabeth Proctor dead so she will be John Proctors wife. John and Abby had an affair and Abby wanted Proctor to be with her for the rest of her life. So Abby went with Tituba and all the other girls to the woods where they danced and was making a love charm for whoever they loved. After that they did not want to get caught so they lied to the people in…

In “The Crucible” a hysteria started about witchcraft, and the one most to blame is Abigail, because she is a liar, sneaky and evil. First Abigail is a liar, because she lies about doing rituals in the forest. For instance she says, “We did dance, Uncle, and when you leaped In “The Crucible” a hysteria started about witchcraft, and the one most to blame is Abigail, because she is a liar, sneaky and evil. First Abigail is a liar, because she lies about doing rituals in the forest. For…

Devastation and violence are surrounding our society, fact. With the number of riots, misdemeanors, and felonies happening to others and our law enforcement, our once serene U.S.A. is falling apart. However with every villain comes a hero, and heroes always win. In Lewis Carroll’s “Jabberwocky” there is a hero, there is a villain. There are similar actions between the actions of our chaotic world that are portrayed in “Jabberwocky” that resemble the faults and destruction in our society.…

Witchcrafts were very common in medieval times. Thousands of people were being killed, murdered and accused for witch trials. Meaning of witchcraft is using supernatural powers or magical powers and witches were people who possess supernatural powers. According to book witchcrafts in Middle Ages by Jeffery Burton Russell “The most useful approach to definition of witchcraft is to recognize it as phenomenon: a human perception”. The opinion concerning meaning of witchcraft had being mottled and…

Roger Williams exemplified “seeds of dissent” by promoting the separation of church and state and promoting the compensation of Indian land. During the early 1600s, many settlers fled to the newly established English colonies in an attempt to express their own religious freedom. During this time, all English citizens had to abide by the Church of England rules which were heavily influenced by the Catholic faith. The Catholic faith did not promote freedom of expression and exploited its…

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…

Imagine this. You’re paralyzed, unable to do anything the way you want; unable to achieve new goals, to try new things, or to simply live your life the way you want to because you are restricted. Many times we have a similar reaction to fear. Fear can motivate us to an extent, if used correctly and in small amounts. But more often than not we let fear take over and control us, stopping us from doing what we actually want to achieve. When fear completely takes over we either retreat and back down…