Salem was a calm town on the North Coast of Massachusetts. But everything changed when the Salem Witch Trials began. Nicole walked cautiously through the mysterious purple mist‚ as she walked she noticed the meeting house that was in every village. On the contrary‚ there was something bizarre about this village‚ it was foreign to her. Suddenly another peculiar observation hit Nicole‚ the village was absolutely deserted! In addition‚not only that but the area actually looked like a battle
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From the Salem Witch Trials to today‚ the mystery of mass hysteria has baffled psychologist and researchers worldwide. Mass hysteria has posed a threat since young girls in Salem claimed that they were being witched‚ as told in the popular story‚ The Crucible. Over 300 years later researchers have came up with a definition for this peculiar outbreak and even have spilt the topic into two main categories. Causes of mass hysteria outbreaks are still unknown to researchers but they are using the recent
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Do you think that Abigail Williams was chiefly responsible for the Salem witch trials? If not who else was to blame? Life in Salem was very restrictive for any one‚ any variations of having fun were a sign of the devils work‚ like dancing. So the villagers were very serious in all matters. For example if verbal threats or curses came true‚ it was seen as the devils influence. They also had a wearied way of judging people. If somebody confessed to seeing the devil and wanted to be blessed by God
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The Salem Witch Trials was one of America’s greatest tragedies‚ and the McCarthy Trials can be considered a repetition of this historical event. The Salem Witch Trials and the McCarthy Trials share similar characteristics‚ which is exemplified through fear of speaking out‚ the types of people who were accused‚ and the mass hysteria that spurred both movements on. The first connection between these two events is probably the most obvious‚ that being a common fear of speaking out against the movement
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was an important part of the Salem Witch Trials. She was accused along with John Proctor‚ Abigail Hobbs‚ Mary Warren‚ Elizabeth Howe‚ and many others. Her story is only part of the long history told. She was convicted of doing witchcraft and was able to avoid execution longer than most were able to. Elizabeth Proctor was John Proctors third wife they were married 18 years and they were running the well known family tavern. Elizabeth Proctor was first seen as a witch when Mary Warren accused Elizabeth
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in Salem‚ Massachusetts a slave named Tituba was the first “witch” accused. This accusation came about when two younger girls and Tituba‚ their fathers slave‚ attempted to see into the future through an egg white. When they looked in the egg white they supposedly saw a coffin and began displaying the symptoms of being possessed‚ or being overcome by the ‘devil’. When she was accused she confessed she was guilty and also confessed to there being other witches. There are many alleged causes to the
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Between 1692 and 1693‚ twenty innocent citizens’ lost their lives in one community. These people were put on trial and given the choice to plead guilty or they die trying to prove their innocence. These trials were the Salem Witch Trials. Convicting those innocent citizens can be viewed as killing a mockingbird; mockingbirds are innocent and they don’t harm anyone. This is exactly what Harper Lee showed in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Harper Lee uses characters that have had innocence stripped
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a society‚ belief or authority or choosing to hold onto individuality‚ independence and freedom is right for them as an individual. This moral dilemma is displayed in the stage play ‘The Crucible’ by Arthur Miller written in 1953‚ based on the Salem witch hunts of Massachusetts in 1692 and the 1950s anti communist extremist of McCarthyism. The characters of the play are faced with moral dilemma of self righteousness and belonging to ones self or conforming and sacrificing their own beliefs to avoid
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The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 was a time of panic and bedlam. Men and women of all ages were being “inhabited by the Devil” in turn making them witches. During the 1600s‚ English immigrants arrived in New England‚ a number of them being Puritans. The Puritans were Protestant Christians who were unhappy with the way England practiced Christianity so they moved to New England for a fresh start. However‚ once it was the 17th century‚ witchcraft became more well known and people became more worried
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is frustrating by his childrend ’s dead. He is always pretending to a generoal man in the salem. But‚ since his daughter Ruth was paralysed‚ he begun to accuss people for witchcraft‚ and blame on them. When Mr.Parris came to his house to visit Ruth‚ Mr. Putnam said‚“ Don’t you understand it‚ sir? There is a murdering witch among us‚ bound to keep himself in the dark.“ Mr.Putnam believed that evil in the salem were trying to kill his daughter‚ Ruth. However‚ if evil took their babies‚ then there is
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