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    The lion‚ The Witch‚ and The Wardrobe Today I will be writing about “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion‚ The Witch‚ and the Wardrobe”. This film focuses on four siblings William‚ Anna‚ Lucy‚ and Edmund that are living in Europe during WWII and have to move to the country because of bombings that were occurring in the city. In the country‚ the four siblings live with a professor in his big mansion. While playing a game of hide and seek the youngest sibling‚ Lucy‚ wanders into an old wardrobe

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    The Blair Witch is a legend that dates back to the 1700’s and is said that she haunts the Black Hills Forest located just right outside of Burkittsville‚ Maryland. It all starts back in the year 1785 when an Irish-born woman known as Elly Kedward was accused of witchcraft by the children in the village. It is unknown if there was even a trial‚ Elly Kedward was then brought into the woods and tied to a tree in the dead of winter. When villagers went out to find the body‚ they were shocked to see not

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    outbreak of the Salem witch trials and tells about the murderous colonial period of 1692. The trials took place in Salem‚ Massachusetts when the Puritans of England migrated to New England. The accusations of witches started when two girls began having fits‚ and a doctor tried to use elixirs and everything he could to cure them. He then diagnosed the two girls of being plagued by witches. After these events‚ the first 3 accused witches were arrested on February 29‚1692‚ and the Salem witch trials began.

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    The Salem Witch Trials have long been an intriguing event in American history. Many historians have studied the witchcraft trials in order to determine what caused the afflicted girls to behave how they did. There have been several theories that have come about to explain their behavior. Among these theories is poisoning from food. Along with this‚ some think that the girls acted out of simple boredom or that they suffered from a mental illness. In January of 1692‚ the daughter and niece of Reverend

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    Witch Doctors Seventeen year old‚ Samukeliso Sithole is one of Zimbabwe’s rising athletic stars. During last years Southern regional Championships in Botswana‚ she won several tittles for her home country. However‚ this year she finds herself in court trying to keep her medals. Why? Because Samukeliso Sithole may be a man. Sithole is not the first athlete to have a question mark next to gender. Stella Walsh‚ a 100 meter champ‚ was exposed to be a man after death‚ and Richard Raskins‚ a pro tennis

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    In Arthur Miller’s tragic play the Crucible the author describes the life of puritans in Massachusetts in the 1700s revolving entirely around god‚ and all who said otherwise would be banished or hanged. The Salem Witch trials arose between this time and lead to an overall uncontrollable and unreasonable set of deaths in Salem. One could argue that the reason for these deaths lied in the hands of the people but in reality the fate of the victims in the Crucible lied with Abigail‚ a young girl in the

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    Bookreport Witch child‚ Celia Rees 1. when: time setting: 1659 to 1660 2. where: place setting: England‚ boat‚ new land Beulah 3. who: characters main: Mary she is 14 years old‚ a witch and rebellious‚ minor: Martha: she’s the woman who took care of Mary at the boat and in Beulah. the Rivers family and the Morses: these are the friends of Mary and she lives together with them. Jaybird: an Indian boy Mary meets when she is in the forest in the sequel she marries him and they live together. 4

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    uncontrollably? Was it something they ate? Was it smallpox? Was it a voodoo curse placed on the girl’s by a Barbados slave? The Puritan Religion beliefs might have led to the witch hysteria in 1692 Salem. The witch hunt in Salem‚ Massachusetts was not the beginning of witch hunts. In 15th Century England the first witch trials began (Early Modern Period). These acts made witchcraft a felony. The accused would be removed from the jurisdiction.

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    Research Project: The Salem Witch Trials The Salem Witch Trials in Salem‚ Massachusetts rocked the town to its core. Hysteria‚ paranoia‚ and confusion among the citizens of Salem. Accusing people of casting spells and consorting with the devil. How were the politics and citizenship of this period handled and was it handled correctly? Witchcraft was something very new in the colonies. In France‚ Italy‚ Germany‚ and England‚ this has been going on for about 300 years. The bible even says‚ “Thou

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    In February of 1692‚ the Salem Witch Trials began. During this time the community of Salem‚ Massachusetts were Christians who were in constant fear of the Devil. They feared that the Devil was continuously trying to destroy their Christian community. They were isolated in this New World and often frightened because of the thought of the Devil taking over their lives. They were also under a lot of stress‚ trying to make it in the New World‚ which only put more pressure on them. Then the trigger happened

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