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    The Salem Witch Trials began around the time of 1692. In history it is a mass hysteria for people on the "witch hunt". This is the time where people went on witch hunts to accuse those who were guilty of being involved in witch craft. This unfortunate event occurred in the town of Boston‚ Massachusetts. The Salem Witch Trials were an inevitable tragedy because of Puritan life-style‚ the determination of prosecution‚ economic conditions and teenage boredom. In the town of Boston the life-style

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    The Salem witch trials began when the 9-year-old daughter of reverend Samuel Parris and his niece were diagnosed as being under Satan’s influence. The Salem witch trials were an inhumane and unfair series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. The trials resulted in the executions of twenty people‚ also four other accused and an infant child died in prison. People believed witches were associated with the

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    upcoming supernatural action film ’The Last Witch Hunter.’ The video trailer gives a slight indication of the resurrection of a death-dealing villain set on destroying humanity. Vin Diesel’s The Last Witch Hunter will be directed by Breck Eisner. Vin Diesel will portray the titular witch hunter Kaulder‚ a bearded‚ sempiternal witch-hunter who must stop a curse from devastating New York City. Kaulder will then pick up some unlikely help in the form of a good witch Rose Leslie (who plays Ygritte in Game

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    Witch Hunting in Europe “A witch hunting is a searching out for persecution of persons accused of witchcraft” [Merriam- Webster]. Back in the 15th century‚ tons of people were executed for witchcraft across parts of Europe. Despite all the cultures that existed‚ almost all of them would believe that supernatural is real‚ and that it would be used to make animals and humans more fertile. It was also used to heal the sick. At that time‚ individuals wouldn’t understand how diseases and other naturals

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    How could two epidemics that happened hundreds of years apart be similar? The Salem Witch Trials and AIDS hysteria compares in many ways‚ especially fear. Both events were exaggerated to the extreme by everyone‚ started in a small group of minorities‚ and had severe consequences during the crisis. The Salem Witch Trials and AIDS hysteria was exaggerated by everyone that knew or was involved with the cases. One elementary school in New York found out one kid was diagnosed with AIDS so that fall

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    Comparison/Contrast Essay The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe Within seconds of the movie starting‚ differences are already seen between the book and the movie. Although the movie was amazing and received very good ratings‚ it is obvious that the writers chose to not make the movie resemble the book several times throughout the movie. This angered many who moved the book‚ but to the larger crowd‚ they did not really care. Both the book and the movie have great qualities in their own separate ways

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    The Salem Witch Trials Many people have innocently went to prison or payed for crimes they have never committed over the course of history. The Salem Witch trials is the most known tragedy in which many lost their lives due to false accusations of participating in witchcraft in a puritan community. These trials would forever put in shame the name of Salem due to the injustice done to the innocent by people who wanted to take the guilt and shame off themselves First and fore more the

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    Meet Ann Putnam Jr. at 12 years old who played a very important part in the witch trials of 1692 as one of three afflicted kids.Anna was the daughter of the Salem witch trials leader. She was born on October 18‚1679 in Salem Massachusetts‚she was one of three children‚ Thomas and Ann were her siblings and she was the eldest. In March‚1692 she proclaimed to be affiliated. At this time‚ Ann’s Mother Ann was still mourning the death of her daughter and she claimed that later she had been attacked

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    While the Salem witch trials occurred in the late 1600’s‚ a similar unfortunate situation occurred in the 1950’s with an event called McCarthyism. The Red Scare and the Salem witch trials shared many common characteristics. The similarities include continuous accusations‚ leading politicians‚ and the reaction to Satan and communism. The Salem witch trials and the Red Scare both involved ongoing accusations that led to numerous innocent people being accused. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚

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    Witch-Hunts‚ Then and Now Witch-Hunts‚ Then and Now is basically comparing how witch-hunts were handled in the year 1692‚ in comparison to the McCarthy era prosecutions of suspected communists. I chose this topic because I have always been interested in learning what exactly happened at the Salem witch-hunts. I have always only heard stories of the hangings and they left me curious to find out more. I also have never heard of McCarthyism and how it would relate to witch-hunts

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