Samuel Parris

New Jersey’s oldest, most enduring, and important pieces of folklore is the tale of the infamous Jersey Devil. For about three hundred years now, Jerseyans have told the tales of this mythical beast that stalks the Pine Barrens and terrorizes local residents. For example the devil would chase people out of their homes and killed others. People moved many times. Legend has it that in 1735, a Pines resident known as Mother Leeds found herself pregnant for the 13th time, but this time to a demon…

So often In society you see other races being profiled for no reason besides how they look, this mostly applies for arabic people and people of arabic descent with profiling at an airport 42 times more likely than a white person. But the real problems are not the arabic people we profile but the white and other less likely ethnicities that pass through the airports not being profiled and blowing people up with the bombs they brought with them.Like the Oklahoma City Bomber,which was white and was…

Guilt of a Broken Reverend Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live; Exodus 22:18. Upon Reverend Parris request I came to Salem with the fallacious facts from the heavy books, supposedly weighed with authority. Now we stand in front of God’s children who will hang from ropes. The nauseating, stale smell of the deceased raped my nose; not knowing if that smell or guilt desired me to vomit. They did not tell the lie I wished them. A pastor who pleads a Christian to lie? Ironic for only the…

visible throughout Reverend Parris, Abigail Williams, and John Proctor’s actions. Reverend Parris is one character who upholds a certain reputation in the town of Salem. Parris was perceived as a cold-hearted man, he was extremely selfish and unjust. He strongly states multiple times words such as, “They will ruin me with it!” He is only worried about the outcome of how his name will look. The town of Salem rarely had anything positive to say about the man. Reverend Parris believed he was…

The play The Crucible is about the power of rebellion and (later) mass hysteria. Shown in the first act is a power struggle in which Abigail is defiant and dares to talk back to her minister uncle, Reverend Parris. Abigail’s actions towards her self-centered uncle foreshadow the power she and her friends would later gain. Due to the need of a scapegoat during hard times, the people of Salem, Massachusetts were quick to believe in witchcraft. Although some of the people accused seemed highly…

lot of problems. In the drama The Crucible by Arthur Miller the characters Reverend Parris and Marry Warren blame others in order to keep themselves safe. Unlike reverend them, The characters from The Body of Christopher Creed by Plum-Ucci Mrs. Creed and Ali make their decisions based on ignorance. Both stories show how people can commit reckless acts based upon their emotion. The four characters Reverend Parris, Marry Warren, Mrs. Creed, and Ali show how fear and ignorance…

The first accused were Tituba, Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne (Brooks). These women were all elderly women and had suspicion. Tituba was a “Savage” because she was an Indian and a servant for the Parris family in Salem (Roach; Blumberg). This is why she was thought to be a witch. Tituba’s case was dismissed, but the furious witch hunt began (Roach). Tituba was accused by the possessed girls and soon was dismissed when she said she was a witch. Although…

Throughout American history, there have been several cases of discrimination against groups of people who were thought to be dangerous and harmful to society. These types of discrimination are generally referred to as "witch hunts", in reference to the infamous Salem witch trials, where several innocents were hanged or otherwise killed or jailed after being falsely accused of witchcraft. This paper will focus on a more modern example of a "witch hunt", the Lavender Scare. In the early 1950s and…

“I am no more a witch then you are a wizard.” - Sarah Good. The Salem Witch Trials started in 1692 due to the fact that a group of young girls claimed to be possessed. After that, over 200 people were accused of witchcraft but only 24 people died; four of these people died in prison and 20 were executed. None of the victims were kids and most of the people killed were in their 60s and 70s. The Salem Witch Trials lasted until May of 1693 when the governor's wife was accused of witchcraft. The…

During the late sixteenth century, witch hunts were gaining momentum. Women and some men were being accused of performing witch craft and were sent to trial. The interesting topic of these trials is that if you were someone’s enemy, you could be accused of being a witch. The way that women dressed and what their social status was, played a major part in how society back then was formed. In Escaping Salem: The Other Witch Hunt of 1962, being a misunderstood woman with enemies or a woman who…