Witchcraft

one sided trial, it is easy to see how someone will take the easy way out in order to not face death. In the case of The Crucible, the court was trying to convict people of witchcraft after accusations from some girls who were caught dancing. The court would not give anyone a proper trial, instead you either admitted to witchcraft and went to jail or you were hanged if you did not confess. This chain of jail or murder was not stopped…

witch is not even possible nowadays, but that was not always the case. In the late seventeenth century, Salem, Massachusetts had to deal with the problem of witchcraft, which is exemplified in the fictional play The Crucible by Arthur Miller. Many people were accused of working with the Devil and this caused some who did not confess to witchcraft to be hanged. Arthur Miller also wrote “Why I Wrote ‘The Crucible’, ” which explains his connection of the witch trials and the current communist…

Arthur millers, The Crucible, Abigail and Danforth contrast each other when it comes to witches. Danforth thinks that ever since the incident with the girls dancing in the woods has occurred, sprits have arisen and more and more people part take in witchcraft. Conversely, since Abigail started this riot by lying, she knows that all that is happening is false and full of hysteria. Nonetheless, both characters have significantly impactful reputations in Salem. Danforth authorizes the hangings to…

In the late 1600’s, several Puritans in the town of Salem were accused of witchcraft and found guilty before being subsequently murdered for it. However, the true cause of what instigated these attacks is still hazy for many historians. Did the root of the problem stem from the mindsets of the Puritans themselves, or was it something else? Ultimately, several sources today suggest that the trouble in Salem was caused by a myriad of factors other than mental illness. Psychological influences were…

some girls didn’t want to get into trouble for dancing in the woods. Instead of the girls fessing up for what they did they started accusing people in the town (that they didn’t like or they wanted to get revenge on) of witchcraft. When someone accused another person of witchcraft that person would either confess and give the names of who they saw with the devil and get spared their life or they don’t confess and they get hung, pressed to death, or tortured. A lot of people that were involved…

Tolerance undoubtedly involves “the question of right or wrong.” In fact, one can debate that tolerance is not always the answer to “the question of right or wrong.” For example, those who tolerate racism do not necessarily believe racism is right. However, if those who tolerate racism do not proclaim that racism is wrong, then they will be drowned out by the voices of those who say that racism is right. How will one know that racism is wrong if they never hear racism is wrong? Tolerating evils…

In the beginning of the poem Upon the burning of our house, the speaker is upset and angry at God for burning her house and all her belongings. Anne Bradstreet says in the poem “Yea, so it was and so ‘twas just,/ It was his own; it was not mine./ Far be it that I should repine” (16-18). In this quote, she is saying that everything belongs to God including, her own personal belongings. She starts to calm down knowing that she isn't going to be part of the Elect if she behaves in that manner.…

had been accused of witchcraft. The trials took place between 1692 and 1693 . Prior hearings of the Salem witch trials were carried out in several different towns. The major trial was conducted by the Court of Oyer and Terminer situated in Salem town . Several people were rounded up and charged with witchcraft. Some of those arrested died in prison. Of the accused, 14 women and 5 men were hanged. There were fears about religious extremists as many critics perceived witchcraft as being…

Danforth is the judge that presides over all of the cases related to witchcraft accusations in Salem. He takes his job very seriously, and does not all for anything to “...interfere with an exact loyalty to his position and his cause” (Miller 3.134). For the duration of the trials, Danforth feels as though he is doing right…

Based on the ideas of John Calvin, Puritans have strict beliefs that forces people to live in a certain way to lead a pathway into Heaven. In the 1690s, the little prosperous town of Salem came under fire when several people were first accused of witchcraft. The event caused mass hysteria among the people of Salem and other nearby towns. Many went to trial, many confessed and others were charged and sentenced to death. As a result, the term of ‘witch hunting’ is used whenever there is tension…