The Witch

“YOU’RE A WITCH!” “YOU’RE A COMMUNIST!” Imagine you’ve been brought to a court or government panel, even though you haven't committed any crime or been charged with one. You are questioned about your political or biblical values and are accused of disloyalty or of being a witch and are asked to incriminate your friends, neighbors and associates. If you don’t cooperate, you risk jail, losing your job, or are killed; this occurred during the Salem witch trials and the McCarthyism era. McCarthyism…

around the town to where it got as bad as hangings and even pressing people to death. “As a wave of hysteria spread throughout colonial Massachusetts, a special court convened in Salem to hear the cases; the first convicted witch, Bridget Bishop, was hanged that June”(Salem Witch Trials- History). There religious beliefs also brought on the hysteria and caused many people to freak out. They thought that God was giving them a warning that they needed to fix things in Salem. “The belief that Satan…

different groups. Such conflict has brought fear and prejudice into communities all around the world. Although conflict plays an inescapable role in any society or civilization, it can be expected to extend to the greatest impact possible. The Salem witch trials, which occurred in the late 1600s, is only one conflict in American history—but an infamous one. Throughout history, numerous people have been scorned, accused, arrested, tortures, put to trial, and even persecuted as witches. Because of…

The Salem witch trials began in February 1692 when two young children, Abigail Williams and Elizabeth Parris, began to act in a strange manner (chronology of events relating to the Salem witch trials, n.d.), showing signs of fits and hysterics (important persons in the Salem court records, n.d.). During this period in time where fear of the devil was much more common and superstition was a part of daily life for practically everyone it was easiest to blame witchcraft when both girls spoke of…

historical events. Such as The Salem witch trials in 1962 where people feared witchcraft overruled their village, but they were just scared of the unknown. Fear is also seen in McCarthyism in the 1950 's, when everyone was afraid of communism since they never experienced it for themselves, and once again feared the unknown. There are many comparisons of The Salem witch trials and McCarthyism such as, time periods,…

The Salem witch trials were the most unjust executions in history. This was due to the fact most people lacked scientific knowledge. The Salem witch trials happen at the fault of the Enlightenment period not yet occurring. Because the world based everything that happened off of miracles, gods, and coincidences, the Salem witch trials were valid executions at the time. The Salem witch trials took place in Salem, Massachusetts from 1692 to 1693. At the time, the Declaration of Independence had…

The Salem Witch Trials was a horrible piece of american history. Many people died because of the accusations made by others. Then nearly three hundred years later, the problem began again. In the 1940s-50 people were accused of being communist or communist sympathizers. This would eventually cause mass hysteria; which is when a group acts irrational out of fear, and would cause people to lose their career. The Salem Witch Trials and McCarthyism have some stunning similarities and differences.…

dreadful hangings of the witch trials. The witch trials happened because people were lacking faith and claimed to have bad spirits in the town. There were also issues over land, everyone became greedy and desperate to gain as much land as possible. If someone were accused of witchcraft it was rare to avoid a hanging. All it took was one individual in order for a person’s life to be taken away. In the story the crucible Tituba was the character more responsible for the Salem Witch trials and…

Salem Witch Trials In 1692 a small town in Massachusetts, Salem, set of one of the biggest most well known hysterias, the Witch Trials. First person to accuse someone of witchcraft was the young daughter of Reverend Parris and she accused two other Salem women and a Caribbean slave, Tituba (Keene). G.K. Chesterton once stated, “It is one thing to believe in witches, and quite another to believe in witch-smellers.” During the trials, most people were trying to express their guilt and sins, under…

The Analysis of “Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters” Provoked by their step mother at the time of a big famine, their father leaves Hansel and Gretel in the woods. They come across a candy house by chance. Its owner hosts and feeds them. Later, she imprisons them and they learn that she is a child-eating witch. They manage to kill her and to escape from there. So is the story of Hansel and Gretel in brief. In its film adaptation , “Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)”, the things are a bit…