The Accused

who was accused of being a witch, and many others had lost their dignity after being accused. Also during the Red Scare, many people lost their dignity after being accused. The Crucible was written in 1952, the events that occurred in the play shadows the events that occurred during the Red Scare. Arthur Miller’s tragedy, The Crucible, is an allegory for the Red Scare of the 1950s called McCarthyism. In February 1692 to May 1693, the…

She and her brother were both accused of witchcraft and their mother was hanged. In her testimony, she said her mother “brought her a book and commanded her to obedience, “baptizing” her (along with other children) to her service” (“Examination of Sarah Carrier”). This shows an interesting thing about these witch trials. These children claim their mothers, who were accused of witchcraft themselves, made them into witches. This certainly says something…

When accused and wanted to live there was no other choice then to admit that the people who were accused were involved with witchcraft. If the accused failed to admit they had anything to do with witchcraft the people who were accused were hung. In some cases the accused would be drowned to death in order to prove if those who were thrown in a body of water were a witch or a mortal; those…

The infamous Salem witch trials began after a group of young girls claimed to be possessed by the devil and the majority of people accused were women. Furthermore, the Salem witch trials resulted in mass hysteria. In the play, The Crucible by Arthur Miller the trials started when Parris’s daughter felt ill which caused people to start rumors and theories that accused other people of witchcraft. Several theories that could explain what happened in Salem include ergot poisoning, cold weather,…

of Haiti and the United States are vastly different in respect to the length of time that the accused can be detained without a trial. American citizens have a fundamental right to a speedy trial after they have been arrested and detained which is outlined in the Sixth Amendment. The Sixth Amendment states that the accused should be sentenced within a reasonable time in order to be fair to both the accused and society and to ascertain that justice is served. Haiti on the other hand, has no such…

include his thought of witches in his play Macbeth. Witchcraft was a perceived facility to summon evil spirits and demons to harm others where the accused were identified as elderly women who had moles, scars, birthmarks, and/or sores. (UK Parliament) Those are not the only qualifications to be a witch, they would often have a test to prove if the accused was in fact a witch. One man in particular, Andrew Evans, wrote a list of seven tests required to convict a person of being a witch. Once…

more than two hundred local citizens being accused of witchcraft (Worthen 1 of 3). The Trials came to an end in 1693 when the governor of the colony heard that his own wife was being accused of witchcraft (Kiger 3 of 3). In February of 1692, Betty Parris, the eleven year old daughter of minister Samuel Parris, and her cousin Abigail Williams began…

hanging of nineteen men and women accused of witchcraft. ~~ People in Salem had a strong thought that the devil often possessed them. ~~ They filled prison full of people (about 150 people) Who were also, accused of witchcraft. June 1692 – meeting about who or what will be done or Hung ~~ After, they made more executions, they apologized to the innocent families that had been hurt in the process. From June to September in 1692, nineteen people were accused of witchcraft. They were then…

Trials, It was a big hysteria where people of Salem village accused other people of being a witch. This happened in 1692. Why do I think it was jealousy? Because in document E, it says that the people on the West side of salem were pour and had no political power. The people on the East were rich and had all of the political power. On the west side, there were 33 accusers and one accused. On the East, there were 2 accusers and 17 accused. This makes me think jealousy because the poor people…

The Salem Witchcraft Trials started the spring of 1692 in Salem village, Massachusetts. A group of young girls had claimed to be possessed by the devil. After the incident several local women would be accused of witchcraft. Not only women, but men and also children were accused of witchcraft in the 1600’s. The belief of obtaining supernatural powers started way back in the 14th century and was spread out through New England. Around 1869 the people in the United States were recovering from the…