Trial

Historians have debated on what was the main cause for the progressive executions of twenty people (fourteen women, six men and two dogs) in the hysteria of the 1692 Salem Witch Trials. Many historians have debated what the cause was varying from PTSD, diet, rivalry between families and neighbours, and the oppression of women based on the Puritan culture. To judge this however, I will look at what cause had the most long lasting impact, of which I will be focusing on the following; religious…

The young girls experienced convulsive seizures, reverent screaming, and trance like states (“The Salem Witch Trials, 1692”). A week went by without an conclusion to what caused all this. The girl’s families and local minister came to conclusion that it was evil that had taken over the village. A woman by the name of Mary Sibley came out willingly to confess what…

There are many parallels between the trials that took place in The Crucible and the McCarthy Trials during the Second Red Scare. During the Red Scare, Joseph McCarthy began accusing Americans of being Communist sympathizers. McCarthy's accusation held a great weight, and usually ruined the lives of the accused; moreover…

were Protestant Christians who settled in New England, because of religious circumstances where they were unhappy with their mother church in England. They left and came to the new world to practice Christianity in its purest form. The Salem Witch Trials in 1692 were caused due to fundamentalism, social status envy, and entertainment in which young people tried to seek attention. Puritans were fundamentalists, who believed in the literal meaning of the Bible. The Devil, known as Satan, was a…

The oppressive nature of Puritanism created a crisis in the form of the Salem witch trials. Puritanism is represented in several aspects of the Salem Witch Trials. The laws that created a strict pious code, the Puritan’s everyday life style, and the political policies contributed to the crisis which arose in the town of Salem. The Puritan religion had been brought to Salem, Massachusetts from England in early 1629 by a group of religious separatists who believed that the newly reformed Church of…

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 to the Grand Jury. Next, if the alleged is found to be guilty by the Grand Jury, he or she is tried in front of the Court of Oyer and…

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 allow a higher power to decide their fate. This custom was banned in many European countries in the Middle Ages, only to reemerge in the…

The Salem Witch Trials, in the early 1690s, were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people who were accused of witchcraft. This fearful hysteria that caused many deaths, is what later influenced literary works such as The Crucible. The significance of the title, The Crucible tie’s particular characters in the play through its meaning. The title figuratively means a place or occasion of severe test or trial. In The Crucible characters undergo internal trials that test their values. Through…

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…

warning that Judgment day was near, and depicted himself as one of the leaders fighting an army of devils. Even though there were an enormous amount of villagers supporting the search to find witches and exciting the trials there were surprisingly people who were against the trials and felt that it was unfair and cruel and unusual punishment. One of the more outspoken critics was as a local farmer John Proctor, who belittled the idea of witchcraft in Salem and called the girls cunning and scam…