Witchcraft

examples of vindictiveness such as Abigail who was the Proctors housekeeper until an affair between John Proctor and Abigail. Then after John refused Abigail's love after the affair Abigail seeked revenge against John and accuses Elizabeth Proctor of witchcraft. Also, through Abigail and the girls acting they are able to falsely accuse other women and enact their revenge against women they were jealous of or did not find worthy of living among them because of jealousy or disgust towards them.…

against these books are either parents who are citing religious reasons or churches themselves that are against the books because of the subject matter of witchcraft and sorcery, which is something that is against the teachings of the bible. Parents are fearful and believed that these books were encouraging children to join the occult and witchcraft rituals. “ A parent in Arab, AL asked the Board of Ed to remove the Potter books from school libraries and accelerated reading programs. Stating…

work of a witch, could bring the charge to a local magistrate. The magistrate would have the alleged evil-doer arrested and brought in for public interrogation, where the suspect was urged to confess. Whatever his or her response, if the charge of witchcraft was deemed to be credible, the accused was turned over to a superior court and brought before a grand jury.”(Kubic, Mike. commonlit.org. Commonlit, n.d. Web. 9 Jan. 2018. (-- removed HTML --) ), to put it differently, if someone had an…

girls have fallen ill, having hallucinations and seizures. In religious Puritan New England, that is extremely frightening and unexplainable, usually tied to the devil. This sickness is what caused the fears of witchcraft, and that only sparked everyone accusing everyone else of witchcraft. By the time the sickness was over, 19 people and 2 dogs had…

taking an accused witch to court if there is proper evidence. Hale came to Salem to investigate the rumors of witchcraft intellectually. He is confused when he realized the girls are lying. Confusion turns to guilt when he realizes he may have caused innocent people to die. Once Reverend Hale realizes the girls are lying he second guesses to save the people still being accused of witchcraft. Reverend Hale is not to blame, because he believed what he did was the right thing. This lead to…

don’t get accused of witchcraft and Betty wakes up when they start accusing people. That would be a sign that they are lying because she was sleeping until the attention was taken off of her. “Abby, stop it!” (pg.116) Mary Warren was forced by John Proctor to go the court and tell Danforth that the girls are lying to save his wife. The girls notice that Marry Warren is telling Danforth the truth about them so the girls turn on her and start accusing Marry Warren of witchcraft. Abigail is willing…

end of the world movies. Like as in the book "The Crucible" there was a misunderstanding. Betty was sick, pale, motionless, and acting strange. The doctor suggested this may be out of the ordinary, implying it to be the work of witchcraft . Soon after that word "witchcraft " came out the doctor's…

court is the one factor that intervenes into the problem to rectify unjust actions and make things fair. But alas, The Crucible by Arthur Miller tells readers otherwise. When a group of girls accuse citizens of witchcraft, the court decides whether these accusations are true. Given that witchcraft is fake, it seems the accused would come out innocent. Why then, do the judges, the supposed rectifiers and justice league, continue to affirm people guilty of such charges? Why then, do the judges not…

viewed as dangerous no matter the circumstances. This inferior belief made woman more vulnerable to witchcraft hysteria because of how careful they had to be with fitting the perfect image. Such extreme beliefs to the point of viewing women like this would also make them very puritanical. The Puritan’s beliefs were extreme when in came to how God and Satan interacted, and also their powers. Witchcraft hysteria was huge with the Puritans, especially the Salem Witch…

book details how series of witchcraft cases brought before local adjudicators in a settlement called Salem, a part of the Massachusetts Bay colony, caused many innocent people to be accused of crimes they had never committed. The Salem Witch Trial hysteria caused by fear of the witchcraft, political and social anxieties, changes in the roles of women, and…