The Witch

I choose to read the book The Salem Witch Trials by Don Nardo. This book was a very factual and informative book that discussed every detail concerning witchcraft, and what happened in Salem, Massachusetts in the 1600’s. The book starts off talking about the people in Massachusetts and their religion at that time. It was a very demanding time period when religion was a must. There were harsh laws that every member of their society attend three hours of church in the morning, and two more that…

What does the witch trials and communism trials have in common? Both these trials falsely accused people of crimes they didn't commit. During the witch trials, people put people on trial and accused them of something they had no part in, same goes with the communism trials in america, many people were falsely accused of associating with the communist party and put on trial. The salem witch trials were a major event in history.(Blumberg) The trials took place in the time period 1692 till 1693 in…

The book, Witches! The Absolutely True Tale Of Disaster In Salem by Rosalyn Schanzer, is about the Salem Witch Trials. The trials started in 1692, when many people were accused of being witches and killed, even though they were innocent. Most of the accusers were young girls under the age of thirteen. The accusations started when Reverend Parris, the Puritan minister, wasn’t getting paid for his work. His niece and daughter started having “fits”, then almost like a wave, more and more girls…

The Chronicles of Narnia book series, for years, has been under the watchful eye of Christians and Non-Christians alike in search of Biblical parallels. There are the more obvious parallels: Aslan’s death on the Stone Table in The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe/Jesus’ death on the cross, the Rapture/the end of Old Narnia in The Last Battle, and the two creation stories found in Genesis/The Magician’s Nephew. However, there are far more subtle Biblical parallels that Lewis himself might not…

minister in Dorchester Massachusetts who drafted the Cambridge Platform, a description of the Congregational system. His son Increase Mather, was the minister who ended the Salem Witch Trials. Cotton Mather, who was Richard Mather’s grandson, was a writer who published 450 books, and is credited with instigating the Salem Witch Trials.…

Mary tells him no. “That were pretense, sir”. Elizabeth Proctor can see Abigail as a liar and that person Abigail has accused is completely false. John Proctor knows that Abigail is lying and acting out of jealousy. Judge Danforth initiates a witch trial for of those accused. The solution to the problem was to identify and execute those on trial. All executions were done without true evidence and proof that they were guilty. The court and church belief that executing witches is the best…

In The Crucible there is a group of girls that go into to woods with intentions of speaking to the devil. The major instigator to the Salem witch trials was Abigail Williams, she accused many of witchcraft and caused many to be hung. Abigail was a maid to John and Elizabeth Proctor. In the Crucible, Abigail and John had an affair, because of this Elizabeth fired Abigail. Abigail is in love with John Proctor and wants him to leave his wife to be with her, so Abigail goes in the woods to summon…

The Salem Witch Trials v. The Red Scare - Dawn of Hysteria In the 1690s, mass hysteria overcame Salem, Massachusetts. After exhibiting strange behaviors, people were being accused of witchcraft. Since witchcraft was deemed as a capital crime in 1641 (law2,umkc), the punishment for it was either imprisonment, or hanging. A similar event happened after the end of World War II. In 1947, the Cold War had begun. (Wolfe). Due to a lingering fear of the Soviets and Communism, people were accused and…

scared and angry; they started riots, burned buildings, and vandalized. The Salem Witch Trials and the McCarthy Era are two more instances of Mob Hysteria. During the Salem Witch Trials, people were frightened that they would be accused of being a witch, which would result in execution. During the McCarthy “witch hunt”, Communism was formidable. People were being called out and investigated…

In Salem, Massachusetts, a series of ridiculous witch trials led to the death of many innocent people. In the play, The Crucible by Arthur Miller, he portrays the main cause of the witch trials was jealousy in the town. There are numerous theories about why so many people were falsely accused, but there is no agreed upon explanation as to why people were put on trial. The Salem witch trials were known to be fueled by hysteria, causing intolerance, irritability, and capriciousness, but some…