Salem

Salem witch trials, to some, is a mystery, enigma, or confusing, but there is a possible answer to this situation: Jealousy. 20 people in Salem, Massachusetts were hanged in 1692, because of being accused of witchcraft. Some people say that religion cause it. Others say that it was because of them trying to explain the unexplainable. Here’s why I think jealousy would beat out religion and explaining the unexplainable is explaining the cause of this whole ‘which ‘witch’ is a witch’ hysteria.…

Muslim American Witch Hunt Versus Salem Witch Hunt The Salem witch trials was only the start to “witch hunts” in the United States. Throughout history, there has been witch hunts for witches, communists, and one of the more recent, Muslim Americans. Ever since the terrorist attack on 9/11, there has been a stereotype that all Muslim Americans are terrorists or dangerous in some way. Hate crimes have only increased against them. The Salem witch hunt is all too familiar to the Muslim…

However, what is known is that he spent his youth in Lancaster, Massachuetts, and then eventually moved to Groton and married Margaret Wilkins in the 1680s. The Wilkin family disapproved of the marriage, this disapproval would soon play a role in the salem trial. Willard was a deputy constable who contributed to helping arrest accused people of witchcraft. At one of the trials he is quoted as saying, " Hang them. They ar all witches." Ironically, he started to doubt the legitimacy of the trials,…

however, was the Salem Witch Trials, which represent an infamous example of the unjust persecution of innocent citizens. Events that occurred during the Witch Trials were accurately recorded and have subsequently been modified into different forms of media. The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, is a play that follows the people of Salem and their attempts to protect themselves. The Heretic’s Daughter, by Kathleen Kent, is a novel about a young girl and her family while they try to survive the Salem…

October 2015 Suicide or Witchcraft, Lives of the Religious Woman Throughout history and leading into the Salem Witch Trials women have been accused of witchcraft in far greater numbers than men. Carol Karlsen, in her book The Devil in the Shape of a Woman: Witchcraft in Colonial New England, Karlsen gives the terms of women being accused in numbers. The mass outbreak of accusations in Salem and surrounding areas by the middle of 1692, was 185 people were accused and 70 percent of those people…

What do the Holocaust and the Salem Witch Trails have in common?.The Holocaust and the Salem Witch Trials have several things in common, even though the two took place in different time frames . In the Holocaust and Salem Witch Trials they both compared how the women and the Jews were pushed out of society, how they were seen in the community and the effect they both had on our world's history. The Witch Trials began in the spring of 1962 after a group of girls claimed to be processed by the…

The Salem Witch Trial Hysteria of 1692 was caused by many factors that were of issue at the time. These factors included fear, attention seeking, and extreme religious beliefs. One summer in Salem Village, 20 people were killed and more died in the witch trial due to the hysteria that surrounded the village. The first and most obvious cause for the hysteria was the extreme religious beliefs held by the Puritans. It is not unheard of for someone to have such extreme beliefs that they actually…

has been a destructive mistake resulting in many misfortunes, especially in the Salem Witch Trials and McCarthyism. With no one opposing the accusers, those accused of practicing witchcraft in The Salem Witch Trials were condemned. Witchcraft was thought to be diabolical in the 17th century, which meant that people were highly skeptical of each other. Paranoia of witchery commenced in the early 1690’s in Salem Village, Massachusetts. It began with the accusation of Tituba, who was…

of Salem were accused of witchcraft and found guilty before being subsequently murdered for it. However, the true cause of what instigated these attacks is still hazy for many historians. Did the root of the problem stem from the mindsets of the Puritans themselves, or was it something else? Ultimately, several sources today suggest that the trouble in Salem was caused by a myriad of factors other than mental illness. Psychological influences were indeed not the predominant cause of the Salem…

In the early 1690’s puritans in New England believed god was punishing them. In Salem, Massachusetts blamed many members of the town for doing witchcraft. Two of the accused women were Tituba and Rebecca Nurse. Tituba confessed to doing witchcraft because she did not want to die, while Rebecca Nurse denied because she did not want to ruin her reputation. During the Salem Witch Trails Tituba admitted to preforming witchcraft. According to Tituba “The other pulled mee & hauled me to pinch the…