The Witch

One Theory on the Salem Witch Trials One theory on why the Salem Witch trials happened is because of tensions and resentment (Staff). Hatred and stress were running high due to the afflictions the people had faced. Jealousy rose up and caused those who were innocent to be accused and may have been lead to death and extreme torture. Whether it was because of revenge, jealousy, resentment, need of attention, or fear of someone, many were accused. Witch trials were already happening in England back…

The earliest explanation that was offered about the causation of the Witch Trials was that there was a real presence of witchcraft at large in Salem. Many historians who were writing at this time must have had the belief in both witchcraft and the Devil, which would explain why they believed that this was a logical and acceptable explanation as to why the Witch Trials occurred. This theory is ultimately the result of the personal context of historians, which has affected how this event was…

First, someone would make an accusation about someone that he or she believed to be a witch to the Magistrate. Complaints were often made through someone else to pass the notice onto the Magistrate. Next, a warrant of arrest would be issued, the victim would be taken into examination, then if Magistrate feels that he or she is guilty, they would send the victim to jail and make them stand trial. Third, the circumstances along with evidence supporting or not supporting the case would be revealed…

an individual is executed, normally by means of hanging from a noose, by a group of people—this often will occur without, or with inadequate judicial proceedings (“Lynching,” n.d.). Witch hunts have been around for centuries, but is it still really a practice that occurs to this day? According to Miguel (2005) witch hunts can still be seen to this day in rural…

Salem Witch Trialshttps://www.paperrater.com/ticket/3be2177e0222dbfc95ce5d886-3c508acc485c49e57fd9ce7188cfede8Topic: The Salem Witch TrialsQuestion: What were the Salem Witch Trials and why did it affect the U.S?Thesis: The Salem Witch Trials were a series of hearings of over 200 people who were presumed to be witches, 13 women and 5 men of those who were brutally killed. These so-called witches were accused of black magic and curses, and were burned/hanged for those accusations. The Salem Witch…

get scared. People throughout the ages have seen and respond to the supernatural differently. If you look throughout the years you will see 1890s classic monster movies, 1680 witch trails, and now. Well you will see a different respond to witches in the 1680s than someone today were accused of being a witch. The Salem Witch trials started with a group of girls. They started having fits and, the Doctor told the parents of the girls that it was witchcraft. We aren’t sure if it was Ergot…

Witch Hunts in Today’s Society Back in 1986, Michael Morton had a good, happy life. He was a father to a toddler named Eric and a wife. Everything was going well until he was sentenced to life on February 17, 1987 for the murder of his wife. They believed Michael was angry at his wife because she would not spend personal time with him the night before on his birthday. Therefore Michael was blamed and convicted for the murder. Michael was released on October 4th in 2011 and exonerated December…

the water would reject their body and prevent them from submerging. According to this logic, an innocent person would sink like a stone, but a witch would simply bob on the surface. The victim typically had a rope tied around their waist so they could be pulled from the water if they sank, but it wasn’t unusual for accidental drowning deaths to occur. Witch swimming derived from the “trial by water,” an ancient practice where suspected criminals and sorcerers were thrown into rushing rivers to…

When playing Witch Mafia on Friday, the objective of the game is to kill the Black Man, but instead we ended up killing nearly all of our townspeople. Like the Puritans, we came up with faulty and stretched reasons for why one of the townspeople was guilty, simply because we needed to kill someone, yet did not have any real evidence for doing so. Some of the people in the class did not feel one way or another about a person, and their votes were cast as swing votes. The swing votes were mostly…

According to Theory number 1, Ergot fungus contaminated the crops harvested by the people of Salem, Massachusetts which developed the hallucinations of the citizens and started the Salem Witch Trials. In 1692, they harvested a great deal of wheat, rye and cereal grasses. Ergot, or ergot poisoning, is a fungus that attacks the central nervous system and causes muscle contractions, confusion, impaired speech, crawling sensations on the skin and hallucinations. The girls in Salem had feelings of…