Salem

Puritanistic Salem, Massachusetts. A society’s actions are combustible when imposed by factors that bring about unwanted differences. A comparative society to Salem was the United States in the 1950s, when fear of Communism possessed numerous Americans and compelled them to violently lash out against innocent people. Like the United States in the mid-twentieth century, Salem is renowned for handling change…

The quaint town of Salem is found in Essex County, Massachusetts on the Northwest coast of the Naumkeag River. The town centre is an eight-acre common in Washington Square with a statue of the town founder. The square is “Surrounded by beautiful 18th-century mansions”, and other streets are aligned with historic buildings (OldSalem.com). Salem State College was started in 1954 but was originally founded as Salem Normal School and opened in 1854. During 1874, $25, 000 was anonymously donated…

The Salem Witch Trials are a sequence of incidents in Massachusetts.These trails were about if people got turned into a witch and causing trouble, and if they were, they would die.According to the background essay, the bible thought the devil was the witch.When the devil went into another person they would cause a ruckus.But that may have been a myth and however, many people don’t know what caused it. According to the bible, the devil still could be a possible answer to the cause of the…

The witch trials of Salem Massachusetts was a result of a mixture of fear, hysteria and intolerance, and although we believe ourselves to be more advanced then the people of Salem in the 1690s, we are not. Today we continue to judge and fear those who are different then us. In some cases, we have even decided to take “justice” into our own hands, very much like the people of Salem did to those accused of witchcraft. The difference between us and the people of Salem in the 1690s is the reason for…

First, someone would make an accusation about someone that he or she believed to be a witch to the Magistrate. Complaints were often made through someone else to pass the notice onto the Magistrate. Next, a warrant of arrest would be issued, the victim would be taken into examination, then if Magistrate feels that he or she is guilty, they would send the victim to jail and make them stand trial. Third, the circumstances along with evidence supporting or not supporting the case would be revealed…

My judgement of the ministers and magistrates in charge of the Salem Witch Trials changes in attempt to accommodate for the differences in beliefs when looking at the circumstances in the perspective of modern standards with the advanced scientific information available, in comparison to the perspectives of the scientific and theological standards of the time at the particular point in history. In modern standards, the idea of witchcraft seems ludicrous and unimaginable to be legitimate because…

The Salem Witch Trials were a time of great distress for early America. Starting in spring of 1692, many people were believed to have been practicing witchcraft and for those who were put on trial, cruel and unusual punishments were often used in an attempt to prove the accused guilty. This went on for several long months, until the governor of Massachusetts dissolved the primary court used for these trials – the Court of Oyer and Terminer – in October 1692. The Salem Witch Trials had a large…

The Salem Witch Trials was a very immense event during the 17th century where many mundane factors took place within the townsfolk. The townsfolk, being the main source for the mundane factors, had induced the ideas that demons were not the main reasons as to why certain people were acting strange. They had determined that it was it was the fact that anyone could and would be prosecuted for being accused and that certain people had just become bored enough to create up stories to gain the…

The historic Salem Witch Trials arises in the early 1692s and claims the lives of about 20 people. The hysteria became popular in the village of Salem due to the fear and anxiety installed in the residents. Witches become a popular affair within the village, and two little girls were the reasons for the growth of the hysteria in Salem. The two young villagers initiate the paranoia about witches when they begin to exhibit abnormal behaviors after visiting a woman in seek of uncovering their…

Why Salem was Different The Witch Trials of Salem in 1692 was a prime example of hysteria overtaking the community. Two dozen people were hanged due to the trials. Although there have been other cases in history that have had large amount of people being frantic, very few led to lives being lost, nor were as accepted in the community as in Salem. Due to certain aspects in the community and due to their beliefs, the frenzied cases of Salem were allowed to take place where the obscure…