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The comparison of the Salem Witch Trials and the vicious Holocaust(Shoah). The Salem Witch Trials was very devastating in its way back in the year 1633. A long few years later in 1967 the genocide of the jew happened, The Holocaust. Although they are different in many ways, they have similarities better that you think. The Salem Witch Trials accused many people of being “witches”. During the Salem Witch Trials, A group of girls started it all, After sometime of getting them to confess the…

The salem witch trials and the holocaust were both great examples of both follower mentality and mass hysteria in the face of the unknown.(History.com) The salem witch trials showed that people will follow people in a position of power to a fault in the face of a fearful situation.(History.com) As did the holocaust it showed the blind following and loss of morality in the face of controversy.(History.com) The salem witch trials was a perfect example of hysteria.(History.com) It all started…

Empowerment, Scourge of Salem Were there really girls in Salem evil enough to cause something as horrible as the Salem Witch Trials? Stephanie Hemphill wrote a book of poems showing a fictionalized account of the witch trials called Wicked Girls. Empowerment, or the act of gaining power, runs throughout this book. While the actual Salem Witch Trials were based upon hysteria, Wicked Girls focused more on how the girls were empowered by their acting, showing how gaining power at the cost of others…

you were part of their fear. Just like you thought other people were part of your fear and instead, nothing should have been feared. You don’t want to have them have a problem with you. This is exactly what happened in the Salem Witch trials and the McCarthy trials. It seemed that they were both doing things that were great for the community…

assumed to be present around Salem, Hale had stayed and took part of the ongoing witch trial. Hale was a second voice to the court and many admired him and his work. I assume that Reverend Parris was quite interested in Hale by the way he had acted in his first meeting with him. Although he was a young doctor, Hale had an increasing reputation among Salem and was respected within the community. When the witch trials began, he would not condemn anyone without investigating, proving that they are…

As someone who believes in God, learning about the Salem witch hunt has made me question the incompetent trial process from both intellectual and religious viewpoints. Women, especially unmarried women, were the main targets of accusers because they were perceived to be vulnerable and powerful at the same time. The fact that females are associated with…

appropriately named: The Salem Witch Trials. The Salem Witch Trials were a unique part of American history, that brought fear, dishonesty, and death over a small, religion-based community for over a year. When examined deeply, several instances of underlying conflict reveal the reasons for why such an event happened. The end result of these trials took the lives of over twenty, and over one hundred and fifty victims were accused (Latner 138). Nevertheless, The Salem Witch Trials continue to…

Salem Witch Trials- Real Vs. Truth The Salem witch trials were trials against friends and family for the only reason of fear, mischief and misconception. In the years 1692 and 1693, there were many court dates and accusations of men and women who were “seen” with the devil, which caused many executions out of fear. The event brought on stories such as the well-known play The Crucible by Arthur Miller and novels such as Susannah Morrow by Megan Chance. However, despite the use of real people,…

God and evil was everywhere, which frightened them. This fear and the thought that people were consorting with the devil or possessed caused a lot of suffering. The Salem Witch Trials was one of the many tragedies that befell the colonists due to their fears as depicted in Cotton Mather’s writings of the Salem Witch Trials. This fear and belief that the colonists held also led to the puritans written in William Bradford’s writing’s, where they thought because of…

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…