Ichabod The History Of New England Witchcraft Summary

Ichabod was an interesting man who was well educated and spent some of his time reading through books. One of the books that seemed to grab his attention was the History of New England Witchcraft by Cotton Mather. Mather’s writings focused around the Salem Witch trials and the more Ichabod spent time reading his writings his belief in the content increased. “For he had read several books quite through, and was a perfect master of Cotton Mather’s history of New England Witchcraft, in which, by the way, the most firmly and potently believed” (45). As he reads Mather’s writings, Ichabod is struck with paranoia and is frightened by any sound or movement. What is so interesting about this is how paranoid Ichabod was. He spent a lot of time telling