The Witch

The nature of the Salem Witch Trials was one of hysteria and fear. The Puritans of the Massachusetts New England colony were extraordinarily religious with a strain of Protestantism far more rigid than most, which was reflected in their reaction to supposed witchcraft. The pain of the 1692 Salem Witch Trials extended far beyond the nineteen executed and the five more who died in prison. Over a hundred more languished in jail for months on end, chained to the walls of dark, damp, and tiny jail…

time of the cruelty of the Salem Witch Trails had begun. At this time, people began to have hallucinations, delusions, they begun vomit, and have muscle spasms which was all caused by the fungus ergot. According to Blumberg, the fungus was found in rye, wheat and in other cereal. The people were not aware of the fungus ergot. They believed that the illness was all caused by witchcraft. This only lead to false accusations, of those who were believed to be a witch. These types of accusations…

The Salem witch trials, one of the most infamous outbreaks of witchcraft accusations in popular culture, started with accusations of possession brought about by two girls in the household of Samuel Parris, a Puritan minister. They blamed the fits they experienced on supposed witches in their community. Eventually, there would be one hundred and sixty four women and men in and around Salem that were accused of witchcraft, thirty of which would end up being convicted, and nineteen executed. While…

In Exodus 22:18, the bible proclaims, “Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.” In 1692, in Salem, Massachusetts, the Puritans believed that witches existed, The Bible states, “Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live” and because of this belief twenty innocent people were sent to their death. What caused the Salem witch trial hysteria of 1692? Age, gender, marital status, notoriety, and a divided town. One cause of the witch trial hysteria was age, gender, and marital status. According to Document…

The Salem witch trial is one of the most mystifying parts in history and there are a lot of explanations to why the girls acted like that during the trials. The symptoms of the girls were: joking, vomiting, strangely ill, spouting gibberish, and bodies turning in odd positions. The two explanations that I believe could be the most plausible is, ergot poisoning, and boredom. Ergot poisoning, is something a person could get from eating rye or bread that has fungus growing into the body of the…

The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 Lies. Pain. Death. The Salem Witch Trials were a horrible time for many innocent people; to the way it started, to the way it ended. There were more than 200 accusations of witchcraft, 20 executions and many other deaths due to starvation and bad treatment in jails. This event marked Massachusetts’s history, by its atrocious and dreadful history. 1. The Beginning The Salem Witch Trials started in 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts, when a group of young girls started…

The salem witch trials began when some little girls had extreme sicknesses. Nobody knew what the cause of the illness was. Then the little girls started accusing random women of witchcraft. Eventually, people started accusing each other of witchcraft. But what exactly caused the salem witch trials? Based on information and readings, I believe that the real reason behind the salem witch trials was revenge and economics. Let's go back to the years 1640-1700. During those years, there were two…

What Happened During the Salem Witch Trials? The Salem witch trials started during the spring of 1692, when a group of girls in Salem village Massachusetts, said they were possessed by the devil and accused many women who lived nearby of witch craft. One cold day in January in 1692, something happened in the Parris household. Betty Parris and her cousin Abigail began to twist their bodies into weird shapes and saying stuff they could not understand. Betty’s worried father called a doctor to…

The Salem Witch Trials 1. According to Google Maps/earth Salem sits on the north coast of Massachusetts above Boston. 2. The Salem witch trials took place in 1692. 3. During the witch trials, Salem stood as a strict Puritan community in the form of a small village. 4. In 1692, Salem’s residents abided mainly by Puritan religious beliefs, such as that God existed as the Supreme Ruler, with great power and lasted without sin, unlike humans. 5. Teenaged girls lied responsible for the accusations…

If you ever think of witches, you usually think of Halloween. When the term "witch" comes to mind people regularly think about a woman who is hideous, old and repulsive. Someone that maybe stews potions with supernatural matter in a cauldron or they shoot out spells with a wand. The media demonstrates to us that these witches can converse with creatures, such as cats. They additionally depict them as sinners that consort with the Devil, take children, and execute others. Many people associate…