Trial

1. How did the Salem witchcraft trials reflect attitudes toward women and the status of women in colonial New England? The Salem witchcraft trials, according to author Carol Karlsen, reflected attitudes towards the status of and attitudes towards women in Colonial New England. In these colonies, women were held in relatively high regard, but much was expected from them. Although families and wives were highly valued in the Puritan culture of New England, Puritanism reinforced the idea of almost…

prosperity and opportunity but it was also full of darkness. In New England, during the late 1600s, witch trials occurred. Many people were killed in towns all across New England for a crime which today is thought of as absurd. All across the area, people were tried and hanged for committing the crime of witchcraft. The most famous of these trials are those of Salem, Massachusetts. The Salem Witch Trials claimed the lives of over 20 people before they finally ended. One of the two factions…

able to have a say in anything that happened, or even try to justify their case. The Holocaust is similar to the Salem Witch Trials because in both events people were accused of things due to fear and vengeance, all who were involved thought that what they were doing was the right thing, and both events…

In 1692 in a town in Salem, Massachuetts, nineteen men and women were convicted of witchcraft and then hanged in Gallows Hill. Some were jailed without trials. On Febuary of the same year three young girls got sick. Doctors could not find the cause or the cure so they believed they were cursed. The three girls named Sarah Good, Sarah Osborn, and Tituba who was a Caribbean slave was accused of witchcraft. In the following month, Tituba admitted to the accusations because she could not…

The Salem Witch trials represented an episode of strife, hysteria, and community paranoia; the likes of which the world has never encountered, albeit witchcraft was condemned in other regions of the colonies as well as Europe. Salem was a devoutly religious society and whenever supernatural events that couldn’t be explained logically or reasonably, witchcraft was the scapegoat that explained everything. The Salem Witch trials were a direct result of misogynous qualities that men harbored, which…

in England. The time leading up to the Salem witch trials was full of tension and stress for everyone. Between the after effects of the British war with France, recent smallpox epidemic, and fear of attack from near by Native American tribes. Due to these tensions and just the human impulse to keep oneself safe, the witch trials were ultimately fueled with suspicion of one another, resentment, and just fear of the unknown. The Salem witch trials began in the spring of 1692. A group of young…

The Scottsboro trials of the 1930’s had more victims than just the boys, the girls were victims as well. Society has a huge influence on how people act and what they do, and it victimizes people by creating scenarios that are a lose-lose situation. Just like the case of Mayella Ewells in To Kill a Mockingbird or the 2 girls who accused the Scottsboro boys of rape. Mayella Ewells, Ruby Bates, and Victoria Price are all accusers and victims because of society. Mayella Ewells and Ruby Bates have…

those accused innocent and dismissed any evidence to prove innocence of those accused. The court treated those accused aggrievedly because they felt that they had to uphold the honor of the court to hide their own guilt. During the Salem Witch Trials innocent people had to lie and say they were guilty in order to escape death. If one was to plead innocent then they were the court thought they were lying, therefore they were executed. This meant that people were lying so the court thought…

A series of hangings and executions had taken place from June 10, 1692 to September 22, 1962, which was known as the Salem Witch Trials. By examining five documents based on the Trials, I have figured out that that there are multiple events that lead to this major event in history. My analysis shows that the leading causes for the Salem Witch Trial Hysteria were the very little to no evidence made for the case, the unusual ratio between the accused and accusers, and the locations of the accused…

depressing stories. Every place has its dark moment; the time in its history that the people would rather the world simply forget about. In a little town in Massachusetts, the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 were a perfect example of such a dark time. Filled with confrontation, accusation, and misery, these trials proved to be a feat for anyone accused of being a witch to overcome. Blown out of proportions, this particularly demeaning situation soiled Salem’s name for years to come as it became a…