The Witch

The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 were a series of trials and accusations of over 100 people. This event still fascinates and baffles historians and people alike to this day. Things escalated and spiraled out of control and the cause of that is still a mystery. However, there are many possible causes to the hysteria which translated into numerous innocent people being accused of witchcraft. Conflict was very prevalent in Salem, Massachusetts during the time of the accusations. This conflict…

The cause of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 began when three girls named Samuel Parris, Betty Parris, and Abigail Williams became strangely ill. When meeting with doctors, several of them suspected that witchcraft was the cause of their illness. The girls accused three women as the origin of their symptoms. When the “witches” were put on trial, the judge held them accountable for torturing the girls even though he could not see what the “witches” had done to the girls. The “witches” were proven…

box was pulled “I am not a witch, i’m innocent”. The crowd yelled “LIAR” and the the box was pulled, only a rope sustaining Bridget Bishop. This happened during 1692 in Salem. Why were 20 people in Salem hung? What was the cause? One of the causes for the Salem Witch Trials was that little girls envied the older women’s power. They were also “ Drunk With Power” as they kept accusing older women. Also the poor were jealous of the rich people, which also started the witch trials. All in all,…

The Salem Witch Trial and its Religious Background Witches involved during the Salem Witch Trail are woman that practice in witchcraft and tend to have evil magic powers. These witches use their powers to cast spells on others or things coming their way. These witches have an interest in witchcraft and also have a religious background in them represented by many stories and documentaries. Witches have many different representations toward them, these are the main two things that describe…

hysteria of witchcraft led to the assumptions that witches were present among the innocent because of direct admission of some and visions of witches by others which is illustrated in the hearing of the first accused witches. In the event of the Salem Witch Trials, dozens of innocent people were put to their death for truly grotesque reasons. One morning in January of 1692, two girls by the names of Betty Parris and Abigail Williams began experiencing anomalous fits, eventually leading to the…

The Salem Witch Trials took place in Salem, Massachusetts from 1692 until 1693. This event would cause the small puritan community to be on edges. The cause for this madness were wild accusations of a witch being in the midst of the community. The reason for this belief of witches was sparked when these two young girls related to the priest Samuel Parris, started to act bizarre in 1692. It was said that the Doctor believed the cause of the little girls behaviors were from something supernatural.…

Kayla Horton Mrs. Quinn American Literature Honors 7 March 2016 Witch Hysteria Comes To Salem Salem Village was a small area made up of farms and neighbored by thick forest. At the center of town stood the village church, which was attended by most all of the inhabitants every Sunday. Not attending church to practice another activity was viewed as sinful by Puritans. Villagers were mainly poor and endured hard lifestyles with “a constant fear of Indian attacks, severe illness, and even death”…

What is a witch hunt? you might ask. Well, a witch hunt originally was a legit hunt for witches. Infact they still happen today but overtime the phrase “witch hunt” changed and goes way beyond an actual hunt for witches. During the McCarthyism time (1950-1958) witch hunts became extremely popular because of somethings mentioned in the bible. A modern day witch hunt now is just like it was then just not as silly. The Wee Care Nursery child abuse case was a trial that changed everyone's views…

This can be easily seen throughout her description by the other characters. In the following quote, Lucy is explaining to Edmund who the White Witch is: “She is a perfectly terrible person, said Lucy. She calls herself the Queen of Narnia thought she has no right to be queen at all and […] at least all the good ones—simply hate her. And she can turn people into stone and do all kinds of horrible things. And she has made a magic so that it is always winter in Narnia—always winter, but it never…

of the Salem Witch Trials is. Obviously it was to get rid of all they people that were suspected witches by killing them, but that just doesn’t seem like a good enough reason to kill that many people just because someone has a suspicion that someone else MIGHT be a witch. If someone was even suspected as being a witch, they could be thrown in jail for months on end or even killed. If, in the process of killing someone, they someone get out of it or live, they are said to be a witch. No one ever…