The Accusation

others for using witch in Rosalyn Schanzer´s Witches! The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem? The time period was the 1690s and Salem was full of Puritans. Two girls were having strange fits, and the diagnose was witchcraft. Most of the witch accusations were based on hysteria and grudges. Visions of different things were popular reasons. There are many others, too, and some are really crazy, but the court believed all. It was not hard to identify what a witch could look like in Salem.…

Trials, there was a time of hysteria; everyone was accusing everyone, and no one could defend themselves. What the accusers didn’t realize, was that they all had a common motive behind their accusations, and that was power. The power in a Puritan society was only given to specific people, but by making accusations, it could be gained. However, this wasn’t just specific to this time period, because throughout different time periods, power has always come with status, and no matter a person’s…

word for ignorance."The Crucible by Arthur Miller, shows the ignorance of a society that has surrendered all rationality to a frenzy of hysteria and paranoia. The Crucible is a play based on the Puritan lifestyle of the colonial ages, where the accusations of witchcraft are directed at certain individuals, primarily initiated by Abigail Williams, bringing upon the downfall of social structure and practicalities of the Salem witch trials. Miller crafts a tale as an allegory to the "Red Scare" of…

The witch trials of Salem is an infamous period of hysteria and paranoia, in which people chose fear over rationality. While many of the accusations were absurd, many are still victims of hysterical accusations, which occurs even today. The play, The Crucible, takes place in Salem, during the 1600 's, as the town is engulfed in the hysteria of witch hunts, which forces the audience to acknowledge the tendencies humans display, in similar situations. Arthur Miller uses his play, The Crucible, to…

Should People who make fake Rape Accusations go to jail? Close you eyes and imagine your life, pretty normal right. Now imagine someone is claiming you rape them but you know this is not true, how do you feel? Pretty shitty right. If you have not guessed this report id on fake rape claims and if the accuser should go to jail. In this Report I will discuss why people make these claims, if there are any punishments put in place and what are the impacts on false rape claims.This topic is important…

alienate a certain group in society if the members believe it is part of a process of cleansing the society of evildoers. The Puritans held the witch trials because they believed that the devil did among them. Their beliefs helped trigger the witch accusations and, unfortunately, women were the victims.…

Proctor and Hale. Both characters changed immensely as they grew and learned, whether it was love or incite on others. When Hale first arrived in Salem, he had a clean slate with everyone so he could not put much effort into believing some of the accusations were false. His mindset quickly changed soon after meeting…

learn from past mistakes, there is still a tendency for it to repeat itself. Epidemics of false accusations and innocent executions seem all too familiar in the study of humankind. In the late 1600s, several small Massachusetts towns had executed many of their citizens under the false pretense that they had been practicing witchcraft. There was a significant amount of hysteria caused by these accusations considering the theocracy they were a part of, along with their Puritan beliefs. The…

sexual affair with. Out of spite Abigail accuses Elizabeth Proctor of witchcraft in hopes of reflourishing the relationship between John Proctor and her. Abigail uses the help of the girls to credit her accusations and gain influence over the court officials in their decision making on these accusations. Salem’s oppressive society against women,…

effect and end up affecting the life of many people, lies that can help them avoid punishment for things they have done. In the crucible Tituba is a slave girl from Barbados who is accused by other people of being a witch, she is shocked by the accusations since the punishment for witchcraft in the colonies was death. The fear of being killed by the people in Salem compelled her to admit that she was a witch aiding the devil to bring chaos and destruction to the Salem. “No, no don’t hang Tituba!…