What Caused The Salem Witch Trials Hysteria In 1692?
What Caused the Salem Witch Trials Hysteria in 1692?
Malik1
Sana Malik
Mrs. Zachary
Social Studies
12/7/14
The Salem Witch Trials in 1692, was a series of indescribable events, which was powered by
paranoia and fear.The Salem Witch Trials were the examinations, trials, and executions of alleged “Witches” beginning in late February 1692 and ending in late October 1692. Many guiltless individuals were subject to witchcraft, that resulted in 19 men and women hung to death, 17 that died in contaminated prisons, and one man that pressed with death by stones screaming bloody murder. Why did the Salem Witch Trials occur? Were these Trials relevant?
Or were they really the devil’s work? The Salem Witch Trials occurred for a variety of reasons such as …show more content…
The “Afflicted girls, fear, and crave for power.
One of the purpose of The Salem Witch Trial Hysteria was the “Afflicted girls”. Tituba the
Parris household worker, was watching the girls, Betty Parris and Abigail Williams and she began telling the girls stories about magic and power. She even demonstrated some of the tricks and as time went the crowd grew. The girls after a while started showing unusual behaviors which brought the attention of Reverend Parris. Doctors inspected the girls and saw no physical symptoms and concluded that they were under the evil hand of Witchcraft. When they were asked the girls blamed Tituba for alluring them, which she declared to and did not get killed, but the girls also accused Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne which they were both killed for after. But there was also one woman who was also blamed for the bewitching, and that was Bridget
What Caused the Salem Witch Trials Hysteria in 1692?
Malik2
Sana Malik
Mrs. Zachary
Social
Studies
12/7/14
Bishop. The three all moved the same, like when Bridget Bishop turned her eyes up the would do the same (Doc C). The lies got so out of hand that they caused 20 deaths.
Fear was recognized all over the Salem Witch event. The Puritans concluded that the devil could restrain anybody and make he/she do abnormal things.Little Betty Parris very sick and it provoked fear Because the specialists in the village never came across such sickness, they thought it was the deed of the devil. Though she was alive it seemed like she was dead. The
Putnams daughter had the same ill health. The two families feared they might lose their children, people feared they might lose a loved one, and others feared they might be doomed as Witches.
(found in background essay) The yearning for power is a thing every person wants hence when one gets hold of such power it is tough to give it up. The alleged “Afflicted Children” had the power to sentence people as Witches (Doc C & D). They had the authority to blame anyone of witchcraft to oppose their mischievous acts and be seen to the public as innocent young girls. Through their power, the Afflicted Children were in every sensibility of the world. The children were at the center of attention thus they became popular after the witch incident and they wanted it. They continued
What Caused the Salem Witch Trials Hysteria in 1692?
Malik3
Sana Malik
Mrs. Zachary
Social Studies
12/7/14
accusing people of witchcraft and they enjoyed the greatness of being wellknown people who imprisoned people whom they think is a server of the devil.
Although the Salem Witch Trials was a horrendous event brought about by superstitions,the
Afflicted Children, the longing for power and that was powered by fear. Superstitions have been only imaginations yet these could become a real world problem if people judge others before himself, which like the trials, caused harsh consequences. Unfortunately, fear and the longing for power didn’t end after the Witch Trials faded.
What Caused the Salem Witch Trials Hysteria in 1692?
Malik4
Sana Malik
Mrs. Zachary
Social Studies
12/7/14
Citations "Salem Witch Trials."
History.com
. A&E Television Networks. Web. 15 Dec. 2014.
<
http://www.history.com/topics/salemwitchtrials
>.
"A Brief History of the Salem Witch Trials."
Smithsonian
. Web. 15 Dec. 2014.
<http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/abriefhistoryofthesalemwitchtrials175162489/?
noist>.
Salem Court Records (n.d.): n. pag. Web.
Demos, John.
Underlying Themes in the Witchcraft of 17th Century New England (1970): 1.
Print.
Parris, Samuel. “
The Examination of Bridget Bishop (1692): 1. Print. Upham, Charles W. (1867): 1. Print. Boyer, Paul, and Stephen Nissenbaum. "Salem Possessed: The Social Origins of Witchcraft."
N.p., n.d. Web.
Malik1
Sana Malik
Mrs. Zachary
Social Studies
12/7/14
The Salem Witch Trials in 1692, was a series of indescribable events, which was powered by
paranoia and fear.The Salem Witch Trials were the examinations, trials, and executions of alleged “Witches” beginning in late February 1692 and ending in late October 1692. Many guiltless individuals were subject to witchcraft, that resulted in 19 men and women hung to death, 17 that died in contaminated prisons, and one man that pressed with death by stones screaming bloody murder. Why did the Salem Witch Trials occur? Were these Trials relevant?
Or were they really the devil’s work? The Salem Witch Trials occurred for a variety of reasons such as …show more content…
The “Afflicted girls, fear, and crave for power.
One of the purpose of The Salem Witch Trial Hysteria was the “Afflicted girls”. Tituba the
Parris household worker, was watching the girls, Betty Parris and Abigail Williams and she began telling the girls stories about magic and power. She even demonstrated some of the tricks and as time went the crowd grew. The girls after a while started showing unusual behaviors which brought the attention of Reverend Parris. Doctors inspected the girls and saw no physical symptoms and concluded that they were under the evil hand of Witchcraft. When they were asked the girls blamed Tituba for alluring them, which she declared to and did not get killed, but the girls also accused Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne which they were both killed for after. But there was also one woman who was also blamed for the bewitching, and that was Bridget
What Caused the Salem Witch Trials Hysteria in 1692?
Malik2
Sana Malik
Mrs. Zachary
Social
Studies
12/7/14
Bishop. The three all moved the same, like when Bridget Bishop turned her eyes up the would do the same (Doc C). The lies got so out of hand that they caused 20 deaths.
Fear was recognized all over the Salem Witch event. The Puritans concluded that the devil could restrain anybody and make he/she do abnormal things.Little Betty Parris very sick and it provoked fear Because the specialists in the village never came across such sickness, they thought it was the deed of the devil. Though she was alive it seemed like she was dead. The
Putnams daughter had the same ill health. The two families feared they might lose their children, people feared they might lose a loved one, and others feared they might be doomed as Witches.
(found in background essay) The yearning for power is a thing every person wants hence when one gets hold of such power it is tough to give it up. The alleged “Afflicted Children” had the power to sentence people as Witches (Doc C & D). They had the authority to blame anyone of witchcraft to oppose their mischievous acts and be seen to the public as innocent young girls. Through their power, the Afflicted Children were in every sensibility of the world. The children were at the center of attention thus they became popular after the witch incident and they wanted it. They continued
What Caused the Salem Witch Trials Hysteria in 1692?
Malik3
Sana Malik
Mrs. Zachary
Social Studies
12/7/14
accusing people of witchcraft and they enjoyed the greatness of being wellknown people who imprisoned people whom they think is a server of the devil.
Although the Salem Witch Trials was a horrendous event brought about by superstitions,the
Afflicted Children, the longing for power and that was powered by fear. Superstitions have been only imaginations yet these could become a real world problem if people judge others before himself, which like the trials, caused harsh consequences. Unfortunately, fear and the longing for power didn’t end after the Witch Trials faded.
What Caused the Salem Witch Trials Hysteria in 1692?
Malik4
Sana Malik
Mrs. Zachary
Social Studies
12/7/14
Citations "Salem Witch Trials."
History.com
. A&E Television Networks. Web. 15 Dec. 2014.
<
http://www.history.com/topics/salemwitchtrials
>.
"A Brief History of the Salem Witch Trials."
Smithsonian
. Web. 15 Dec. 2014.
<http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/abriefhistoryofthesalemwitchtrials175162489/?
noist>.
Salem Court Records (n.d.): n. pag. Web.
Demos, John.
Underlying Themes in the Witchcraft of 17th Century New England (1970): 1.
Print.
Parris, Samuel. “
The Examination of Bridget Bishop (1692): 1. Print. Upham, Charles W. (1867): 1. Print. Boyer, Paul, and Stephen Nissenbaum. "Salem Possessed: The Social Origins of Witchcraft."
N.p., n.d. Web.