Giles Cory Thesis Statement

Giles Cory was, an 81 year old man stoned to death, on September 19, 1692. As rocks were piled on him one after another, his last words were “More Weight”.. One historical day, the slave Tituba and local white women were accused by Betty Parris and her cousin Abigail Williams of practicing witchcraft. For several months, the girls started showing weird behavior such as “going into holes, and creeping under stools and chairs.” The accused women were sent to jail in Boston, but Tituba confessed to witchcraft and that saved her life. This is the Salem Witch Trials, a historical event that happened mostly of paranoia and hallucinogens. Great opening story - but don’t forget to add your restatement of the question and your thesis statement
Poor single women or teenagers around the ages of 10 thru 20, were accusing rich adults of witchcraft because they were jealous. The accused were averaged out to be under early 20’s thru late 60’s (docB). This proves that younger females were jealous of the rich elders because the females accused them of witchcraft for acting non-normal. good - just needed a citation
When Bridget Bishop said “If it please your worship, I know nothing of it,” and shook her head the afflicted girls were tortured. Then when she turned her eyes up, the afflicted girls eyes were turned up (doc C). The 19th century historian, Charles Upham, studied the Salem Witch Trials for most of his life. He was the mayor of Salem and served in the House of Representatives. “They soon became intoxicated… by the terrible success of their imposture (acting),” Charles Upham stated (doc D). What he means by that is the girls acting was very terrible and they became intoxicated by their success. - Remember to explain how this proves your thesis. This paragraph also lacks a