devil's book, thus giving the devil permission to use her shape to go around harming other people." The Salem Witch Trials were brought about when a group of young girls claimed to be possessed by the devil after they were seen dancing in the forest. The girls started displaying wild and peculiar behavior that a local doctor, William Griggs, diagnosed as bewitchment. The Salem Witch Trials had a negative impact on American history because it caused mass hysteria that spread throughout colonial…
in Salem. Rumors about colonist performing witchcraft didn’t come off too well on their reputation. Children were suppose to be seen and not heard, but this wasn’t the case for the Salem witch trials. Judges and priest believed children didn’t have the heart to lie or slander people. For the Salem the trials this wasn’t the case Abigail and her group accused Godly and Innocent puritans, to turn the court away from their sinful actions, dancing in the woods naked at night. Abigail accused people…
in this era. Another important event that took place in this time period was the Salem witch trials. During these trials many innocent people lost their lives and it had inspired people for many centuries to write stories and plays based on the event, to tell of the horrible trials the people went through and to compare to modern day conflicts. One play that was wrote based off of the Salem witch trials was “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller published in 1952 to compare the mass hysteria of…
The Salem Witch Trials began after Reverend Parris caught the girls dancing in the woods. Dancing is against their religion; they are Puritans. Dancing was a seen as a sin, an act of the devil. When asked if they summoned the devil, Abigail Williams spoke up and blamed…
individuals whose only concern is for themselves rather than those around them. In The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, readers can see several instances of this phenomena. The play tells of a somewhat dramatized depiction of the Salem Witchcraft Trials of 1692. Many inhabitants in the town of Salem were falsely accused of witchcraft by individuals who were only seeking to fulfill their selfish desires. This includes people who wanted to take their neighbor 's land, who needed a scapegoat…
In The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, occurring in 1692 in the little town of Salem, Massachusetts where outbreaks of the witchcraft trials had taken over many of the townspeople’s everyday lives (Miller, 1124). When accused of witchcraft, they were brought to trial at the court where there was a group a girls, including Abigail Williams, Betty Parris, and Ruth Putnam. These girls had accused many of witchcraft sending them to be hanged or to jail unless they confessed. In the courtroom,…
Bridget Bishop was the first person that was tried and executed during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. She was accused of anything from being caught signing the devil’s book to harming and bewitching others in their sleep. There were a series of accusers that testified against Bishop and their testimonies were used as evidence in her case. Each so called witness had a different experience to tell, yet they were also very similar in some ways. Starting with John Louder, he stated that he was…
Massachusetts during one of the most historical witch trials ever to be recorded. Mather was in charge of recording the historical data that occurred in the settlement. From the recordings of Mather came his work titled “The Wonders of the Invisible World” which included two excerpts “A People of God in the Devil’s Territories” and “The Trial of Martha Carrier”. In his work Mather discusses the outbreak of Witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts and describes the trial of an accused witch, Martha…
well. Many of the children involved in the trials were able to grow up and marry, although their lives were not easy. Unfortunately, the babies who were born while their mothers were in prison were often stillborn. Kathy Weiser provides short biographies…
Salem Witch Trials At the beginning of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, Reverend Parris made it abundantly clear that he did not believe there was witchcraft in Salem. However, that quickly changed and he eventually became one of the biggest supporters of the trials. During this transition, the audience tends to ask themselves how? How could he go from being completely against them to desperately wanting them to continue? The answer to that is simple: he realized that he could use the trials to his…