Salem, Massachusetts

The Salem Times Bringing you the most up to date information regarding the Salem Witch Trials $1.50 Tuesday, November, 7th 2017 Why 24 People Died of Jealousy We have been studying the salem witch trials in social studies and trying to figure out what caused them. After a lot of time studying, I have decided that jealousy is what caused the Salem Witch Trials. If you have never heard of them, the Salem Witch Trials, It was a big hysteria where people of Salem village accused other people…

The Salem Witch Trials started in February 1692, over 200 hundred people were accused of witchcraft. There are a lot of questions about what caused the acusion of witchcraft? Was it ergot poisoning? Were people actually signing a contract with the devil or, were they just crazy? The infamous witch trails started all because a group of young girls claimed to be possessed by the devil and started pointing fingers at several local women claiming them of witchcraft. Two young girls (Elizabeth…

The Crucible Essay 19 people accused, 400 in jail, and 72 hanged.. but almost all were innocent. The crucible in the salem village showed many different themes. Arthur Miller in the crucible uses courage, weakness, and truth as thematic concepts to help the reader relate to the struggles of the characters. Weakness came about for the poor, John Proctor showed much courage throughout the book, and truths were to be made in court. To begin with, weakness was shown as a thematic concept in the book…

read a letter of apology out loud in front of the Salem church. Her words were recorded as, "I desire to lie in the dust, and earnestly beg forgiveness of all those unto whom I have given just cause of sorrow and offense, whose relations were taken away and accused” (Meltzer 82). The memorial of the Salem Witch Trials extended even into the 20th century. Salem Town, now called Danvers, finally dedicated a memorial in honor of those slain, called Salem Village…

Salem in the late 1600s was tortured by witch hunts, with neighbors turning on each other to save themselves from death. Ruled by a theocracy, the Salem community was thoroughly examined to see who was a witch, with reasons ranging from reading a book to murmuring under their breath to not attending church. Nobody was safe, and with everyone lying to protect themselves, the court took drastic measures and sentenced people to hang. John Proctor and Abigail Williams are most directly to blame for…

During the Salem Witch Trials, a variety of people were tried for witchcraft. At the time of the trials, much panic and scapegoating ensued, as demonstrated in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. Miller’s play displays the different character behaviours as a result of the hysteria and paranoia of the time. As it turns out, the “witchcraft” these people were being tried for did not exist. However bizarre the idea of this magic was, it did not stop people from turning upon one another if it would…

Of They That Only Do Good In the Crucible (1953), the author Arthur Miller exemplifies that injustice was disguised by the practice of justice and religion. Abigail Williams and a group of young girls were caught dancing by Reverend Parris in the middle of the forest when night time was upon them. Being frightened of punishment as the girls were, they led the town to believe that they were possessed by spirits and accused Tituba along with many other innocent townspeople of witchcraft. These…

tries to convince Judge Hathorne, Deputy Governor Danforth, Ezekiel Cheever, and Parris by saying how they have six hundred acres of land to tend to, as well as the court is holding his wife by mistake. He goes as far as to say that Hale, who came to Salem to investigate further, never once accused her of…

The Crucible the Salem witchcraft trials are shown for what they are, not a gallant war on witchcraft but rather people instilling fear for personal profit. The Crucible shows how Salem is torn apart by girls practicing witchcraft in the forest being blown out of proportion. Three characters within the play are driven to accuse for personal gain, Abigail, Thomas Putnam, and Reverend Parris. They murder their neighbours cowering under the principle of witchery.The three evils in Salem were really…

During American history, the red scare event that parallels that of the witch trials in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. The Red Scare was an event when the United States was scared of communism and Soviet spies in America. In the Salem witch trials people were afraid of witchcraft the same way that Americans were of communism. Parallels are infallible between the Crucible by Arthur Miller and the Red Scare in American history. During the witch trials in The Crucible, people are forced to either…