outbreak of encephalitis because the girls showed signs of sickness and questionable actions. In February 1692‚ the people of Salem were all caught up in a case of mass hysteria: (Saxon). Eight girls ruled the town by accusing their neighbors of witchcraft (Saxon). It all began with two young girls who had become so called victims of‚”fits or natural disease‚ including screams‚ strange contortions‚ and throwing objects” (Bellows‚ Rye and Witches). The girls questionable sicknesses were caused by
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they called him in to see if he could find witchcraft but he help out a little bit.secondly throughout the book the start to shut him up and not believe him when he is actually saying the truth about what is really happening.they pretty much shut him up when he tries to save john proctor life.also he just quit trying to help so he did silence his own voice in the book after he had to sigh 18 death warrant to hang the people that did not confess of witchcraft when ask cause the where not guilty but they
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Crucible can be defined as a test or trial. Many folks in Salem are filled with hysteria when a group of young girls falsely accuse them of witchcraft. John Proctor is one of the folks falsely accused and he must decide his fate through his strong beliefs. John Proctor is justified with his decision of not falsely confessing to the court because by saving his name and reputation it did more good than bad. Before the Salem witch trials start‚ John Proctor is already suffering from an internal
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learned‚ that during the medieval era‚ there is very little to almost no religious freedom. Any religion that was not Christianity was considered to be paganism and the churches would attempt to get rid of them through accusations of practicing witchcraft and black magic or having involvement with the devil and demons. The Jewish is an example of a large group of people who were accused of having interactions with demons by the church simply because of having different religious beliefs. Furthermore
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but because of Tituba’s testimony‚ the view of the people changed. Many were condemned‚ mainly starting with those who were looked down upon by the townspeople but later more respected people were put on trial. Most "witches" were found guilty of witchcraft and were subsequently put to death. The irony of this situation
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Author Miller in his play The Crucible explores the lives of people who strictly live under the church’s authority in a theocratic society during the 1690s in Salem‚ Massachusetts. A community of Puritans with their strong beliefs will cause a paranoia in their entire village. The ministers of the church afraid of losing their power will do anything to keep it. Other individuals seek power for their own personal vendetta. With the use of direct characterization‚ allusion‚ and irony Miller shows his
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diagnosed as witchcraft and citizens of Puritan society began accusing one another. Hysteria spread throughout Massachusetts‚ with more and more people being accused and wrongly executed. By the end of the trials‚ those that were still in prison were pardoned and released. These trials are looked upon as a painful mistake in American History. Arthur Miller retells these events in his play‚ “The Crucible.” The play follows Abigail Williams and her attempts at accusing others of witchcraft out of fear
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source is “Salem Witchcraft Trials: The Perception of Women in History‚ Literature and Culture” by Ana Kocić‚ which is useful to this investigation because Kocić’s main focus is on female roles and she does great research to back up her statements. The second key source is “The Diary of Samuel Sewall‚ 1674-1729” which is particularly useful to this investigation as it was written by somebody who was not only present during the trials‚ but took part in them. Source: “Salem Witchcraft Trials:
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you sold yourself to Lucifer?” (Miller 1106). Abigail Williams is a seventeen year old niece of Reverend Parris. Abigail lies to conceal her affair‚ and to prevent charges of witchcraft. In order to avoid severe punishment for casting spells and adultery Abigail shifts the focus away from herself by accusing others of witchcraft. This desperate act of self-defense soon becomes Abigail’s path of power. Abigail is not a victim of her own society in Salem but outside forces have compelled her to perform
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Witchcraft confessions and demonology Jean Bodin was one of the most esteemed European writers on satanic witchcraft‚ and also among the most radical. With his De la Demononomanie des Sorciers‚ Jean Bodin attacks the sceptics of demonology as much as the legions of demons and execrable witches’ supposedly plotting universal destruction. He deduces a whole chapter in his book to witches confessions. Some judges hesitated to condemn witches as their stories were so strange that they must be ‘fables’
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