Salem

During the late 1600s, people started looking for witches. Anyone in today’s time would think going on a witch hunt was just a sarcastic saying, but in the past, it has been a reality. The Salem Witch trials are mostly heard about in history class. The trials happened because fear ruled over logic, and the most logical thing to them was to fall back on superstition. In this time period, it was completely normal to base everything on superstition…

Community and neighborhood tensions: The Salem witch crisis had a complex underlying story that was a result of pre-existing rivalries and disputes spreading throughout the growing port town of Massachusetts: between agrarian and urban residents. Boyer and Nissenbaum argue that the complication arises due to social and economic tensions between the eastern and western factions of the village; The eastern faction supporting Salem Town's governance of the village's affairs whereas the…

Salem’s Birthday “Her name is Salem,” Yvaine indicated rocking the new citizen of Stormhold. I felt the happiness in her eyes which is beyond sensational, while my parents in the back feeling proud and giving us moral support. “Yvaine, she’s delightful,” I said with glee, saying all her hard work of labour was worth it. “She got it from her old man,” Dunstan boasted while walking towards Salem to get a better look with arms crossed. “Dunstan!” Una responded. “Salem huh? I love it,” I agreed.…

The Puritans modernized their overall vision as a result of the decline in sense of community, the Salem Witch Trials, and the 2nd and 3rd generation Puritans’ newfound inclination to explore the wilderness. One important theme the Puritan religion both contradicted and eventually practiced is individualism. John Winthrop, the leader of the Puritans, delivered a sermon to his followers describing the importance of standing together: “We must be knit together in this work as one man” (256). He…

Crucible is revered for accurately telling the story about the events which unfolded in Salem, Massachusetts during 1692. Demirkaya says that The Crucible “… opened at a time when the term witch-hunt was nearly synonymous in the public mind…” (125). The play was published in 1953 during the Red Scare, and as Susan C.W. Abbotson says in her book, Student Companion to Arthur Miller, “It tells the story behind the Salem witch trials of 1692, centering our attention on the effect of these trials had…

Are things often viewed as something it’s not for the worst? Or even for the best? Some things are like that, beautiful and full of life on the outside but on the inside they are deceivable and full of secrets. Take the Salem witch trials as a perfect example, viewing a town as a small, lively town full of culture and history but when you dig a little deeper it’s full of dark and evil secrets. At a glance something can be beautiful and luxurious while deep down it is full of secrets and mystery.…

During the sixteen hundreds in a Puritan society, the way you live is judged upon how well you apply the Puritan Gospel in your life. In the books The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Crucible by Arthur Miller we were taken on a journey to see the lifestyle of a Puritan community. In The Scarlet Letter we followed a woman named Hester Prynne who committed adultery and was faced with many trials and tribulations because of her act of sin. In The Crucible we read about a group of…

The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne displays how one sin can ruin the lives of many. His purpose is to show how holding in a sin and not being truthful can haunt you and lead to your end. Hawthorne uses several rhetorical device to convey this message, including: antithesis, anaphora, and metaphor. Throughout the text, antithesis is commonly used, especially comparing life and death. For example, Dimmesdale states “Many, many poor soul hath given its confidence to me, not only…

In life, there is that tendency to ruin the good things one has going on in their lives when they become more successful than they already are. People become inundated with the joy and achievement that they begin to act irresponsibly. A great thing such as winning the lottery can bring cheerfulness and satisfaction into one’s life but, on the other hand, this great thing can also become a complete nightmare. In most cases, when one goes from being extremely poor to being exceptionally rich, it…

Do movies based on books portray the same details? The Devil's Arithmetic was published in November 1988, and the movie was released almost 11 years later, in March 1999. Both are about a girl named Hannah who gets transported back in time to the year 1942. The book and movie versions of The Devil's Arithmetic are based on the same events, however, there are countless differences between the two. In the beginning of both the book and the movie, the protagonist is Hannah Stern. She lives in New…