Witchcraft

involved. Many of the town members started accusing each other of witchcraft so they wouldn't get on trail and or killed. The first three witches accused where Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba. These three girls claimed to be working for the devil. They where then arrested and examined just to find out that Tituba said she was approached by the devil personally. These are only few of the hundred people committed to witchcraft in this area. For example a nine year old girl Elizabeth Paris…

America Make America Great Again, came to be President Donald Trump’s winning slogan. His win of presidency marks a pivotal moment in history because of the general public’s fear which stemmed the uproars in protest. Society fears Trump’s arrogant persona alluding to his racist and sexist comments condemning most of the American population. Many acts of rebellion occurred after the jaw-dropping results came in on November 9th 2016. Many people who are active on social media participated in the…

The Salem Witch Trials began during the spring of 1962 after a group of young girls in Salem Village, MA, said they were being possessed by the devil and accused local women of witchcraft. With chaos running around the village, the special court began taking on cases. Bridget Bishop, the first convicted witch, was hanged in that June month. Belief that the devil could give certain humans, witches, power to harm others in return for their loyalty emerged throughout europe as early as the 14th…

the woods. After the girls are discovered, word spreads across the town of their behavior and the sudden illness of Betty, who is found in her bed unable to wake up or speak. Which give off implications to people of the village that there may be witchcraft in Salem. As the girls are questioned about their behavior, a long string of lies is eventually strung out due to Abigail and…

Witchcraft was deemed as a “habitual” offense that was a product of multiple types of evidence. This poses the question of whether the accused in the seventeenth century received a fair trial. I do not believe they were given a fair trail for a multitude of reasons. Based on today’s due process laws the only value the trails demonstrated was the right of notice which is we have to know every behavior that is illegal. The witches did know that witchcraft was illegal, therefore…

have taken place in our history. In order to have avoided this event, the colonies needed a sense of leadership within the village and the correct education on what qualifies a person as a witch. Ignorance and a lack of understanding the concept of witchcraft were the reasons for the tragic deaths and imprisonment of almost 300 people during that time…

Marry Warren was an accuser of witchcraft. Marry Warren is an individual who as drawn into the injustice of witch trials. Her views change when Goody Proctor is accused of witch craft. Marry Warren gave Goody Proctor a poppet, “Mary Warren: ‘I made a gift for you today, Goody Proctor. I had to sit long hours in a chair, and passed the time with sewing.’” (Page 1056) the poppet is later to be used against Goody Proctor and make her be a person accused of witchcraft. When Mr. Hale comes to the…

November 2014 The Crucible is a play written by Arthur Miller. It takes place during the Salem witch trials. Salem is an isolated town in the Boston area that is set up perfectly for witchcraft accusations. The Crucible is a very accurate name for this play. A crucible is a severe test or a place or situation in which concentrated forces interact to cause or influence change in a development. Many of the characters in The Crucible went through a test of their strength and personal…

the Puritans reacted to the witchcraft dilemma. Their religious beliefs made them socially aware and open to the possibilities of how the Devil may have affected the community. They were also more open to the science of witchcraft and how the, so called witches may have been able to cause such “destruction”. Although they believed in social equality it was a trend to see the more poverty stricken Puritans accused of being witches or…

I’ll never hurt you more!” (Miller, The Crucible 110) Marry Warren gets caught up in the other girl’s hysteria and joins them even though she was just testifying against them. This is one of the reasons Abigail got so many people to believe that witchcraft was actually going on in Salem. During the Holocaust, Hitler was far too excited about removing all Jews from the world. Many people had fallen into this hysteria when they saw his enthusiasm during his speeches and rallies. The concentration…