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    The mock witch trial which our class ran was a perfect representation of the crucible. Proctor says “Damn this village” pg 142‚ and “Damn the Deputy Governor” pg 77 The Crucible. These are two good ways of describing our experience. The charges against the accused were nonsense‚ but what was more ridiculous was when the judges believed it. The Salem witch trials were similar to our experience in the way that people were falsely accused‚ false confessions were made to save lives‚ and there was little

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    existed for centuries. Initially it is easy to form a dislike for Caliban based on his appearance but as his character begins to unfold we see that there is more to him than just an unattractive exterior Caliban is the malformed son of Sycorax the witch who dies and left him on the island. He discovers much about himself and the world during the course of the play We develop a sympathy for his character because of his suffering and attempt to change Caliban changes significantly according to the context

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    lot farther than what was expected. Many analyst believe that she did this because of her time frame she lived in. And that she should be pardoned because outside forces made her the way she was. Abigail lived in a time-period now called the salem witch trials‚ this took place in Salem‚ Massachusetts in 1692. During this time males where the more powerful gender and women were paid very little attention too. So many women were afraid of most men. So when Abigail and 2 other girls gathered around a

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    The Salem Witch Trials are known as a series of people being accused and prosecuted of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts beginning in February 1692 until May 1693. The trials began after a group of girls claimed that they were possessed by the devil. Several local women were accused of witchcraft and this began the wave of hysteria that would forever haunt Salem and leave a painful legacy for a long time to come. Nearly every major school of historians has attempted to explain the answer to the

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    Caused The Salem Witch Trial Hysteria Of 1692 The people of Salem were being killed in a whole different manner. Why was this happening‚ and what was the cause?In Salem‚ 1692‚ people were being accused for being witches and for practicing witchcraft. In Salem‚ at this time people were being hanged for something that didn’t exist. Back then‚ they didn’t know about fairy tales so when ever they did something wrong they would blame the devil that had entered their body. the Salem witch trial hysteria

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    In The Lion‚ the Witch and the Wardrobe (Lewis‚ 1950/2005‚ Chapter 5‚ p. 24)‚ Lucy excitedly tells Peter and Susan that there is indeed a country that can be accessed through the wardrobe. She mentions that she meets Edmund in the woods and turns to Edmund to backup her story. This portrays her trust towards him as a brother to help her prove to Susan and Peter that what she said is real. However‚ instead of helping Lucy‚ Edmund decided to let her down. He mocked makes fun of her and says that are

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    the possible causes of why it started all line up. Spring of 1692 in Salem village‚ Massachusetts was where the Salem witch trials took place ("Salem Witch Trials"). People noticed that a group of young girls looked to be taken over by the devil ("Salem Witch Trials"). The mayor decided to make a “witch cake” which helps the person who is possessed tell who is there tormenter ("Salem Witch Trials"). The girls said three names Sarah Osborne‚ Sarah Good‚ and Tituba Indian ("Salem Witch Trials"). Out

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    IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION OF SOURCES This investigation will focus on the question “To what extent did gender roles have an effect on the Salem witch trials?” and will analyze to what extent gender roles affected the Salem witch trials. The first key 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

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    Informative Essay The Salem Witch Trials The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 forever changed our judicial system. Twenty innocent citizens from Salem all the way to Boston‚ Massachusetts were killed because they were falsely accused of Witchcraft. Nineteen men and women were hung and one man was pressed to death because he would not “admit” to practicing witchcraft. A lot of these deaths were the cause of ten “afflicted girls” who accused innocent men and women‚ in one case even a child‚ of practicing

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    Research Paper: Hysteria and Fear during the Salem Witch Trials The Salem Witch Trials was a mass hysteria of executions and accusations. The fear was caused by the hysteria of women being bewitched and bewitching others. This is such a controversial event‚ and it’s hardly applicable to prove if the events leading to the Witch Trials were accurate. So I ask‚ “What were the causes of the Salem Witch Trials‚ and the events leading up to the causes?” Although the question is simply asked and slightly

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