According to historical evidence‚ about 200 people were accused of witchcraft during the events of the Salem Witch Trials. In relation to that‚ many thousands of people were accused of being communists during the 1950s. The Crucible‚ written by Arthur Miller‚ was no coincidence to the Second Red Scare that also happened in the same time period. He compares the Salem Witch Trials to the Red Scare for their similar causes including fear and (second point) resulting horrendous consequences that were
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accused of practicing or aiding the process of witchcraft. The Salem Witch Trials were started by a preconceived notion that witchcraft was real based on religious texts and ministers‚ or that being in a wrong place at the wrong time was the doing of witch. In addition‚ all of the accused were tried with in the sights of four young girls who I believe were faking it to gain attention or political gain for their parents. Puritans‚ called fundamentalists‚ followed the Bible to
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A witch trial at mount Holly: Franklin’s mockery toward puritan beliefs. In “A Witch Trial at Mount Holly”‚ Benjamin Franklin illustrates what for an uneducated interpreter could seem as a legit historical event engaging a series of witch trials that transpired in a specific period of time. It is certain that an actual report never took place and that it is nothing but an elaborate hoax. However‚ Franklin’s true intentions of persuasion are exposed as he‚ through the usage of a distinct and profound
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Trial Hysteria of 1692? All starting in June‚ 1692‚ the Salem Witch Trial hysteria was a period when people were constantly being accused of witchcraft. A witch is someone who is taken over by the devil and portrays the actions of the creature. This mainly happened to women. Historians are still trying to figure out why people would accuse others of witchcraft. Some think it was because of the paranoia from the Native American raids. Hallucinogens were also another suggestion. Historians were left
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behind Mather’s words that influenced this dark period of history. Mather projected himself as a respectable leader in the puritan community in which‚ sought to create an existence of utopia in the new world‚ separate from secular society (19). The puritans were a community of faith that
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witches‚ they will be hanged for witchcraft‚ but if they confess and desire God’s forgiveness‚ their lives will be spared. “HALE: You have confessed yourself to witchcraft‚ and that speaks a wish to come to Heaven’s side. And we will bless you Tituba.” (Page 43). Imagine a young puritan girl out in the dark woods with her friends and a slave; dancing joyously around a warm pot when suddenly‚ everyone hears an angry shout and most scatter. Abigail‚ a group of other puritan girls and Tituba a slave danced
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The Mystery of the Salem Witchcraft Trials In a plain meeting house in 1692 a woman stands before her judges. She is accused of tormenting innocent girls with an unseen evil. Standing there‚ the poor woman is ridiculed in front of her whole town. She is surrounded by people accusing her of witchcraft based only on the hallucinations of attention-hungry schoolgirls. It makes us wonder was there no justice? It did not matter; superstition got the best of them. Eventually these superstitions claimed
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cried wolf. In this case it was witchcraft. She plead the devil consumed her soul along with the other girls. When put into a position of not wanting to get in trouble people will do un rational things. Another incident was the Mccarthy trials. Innocent people accused of communism. This was almost the same to salem witch trials. When people are vulnerable and put at a height of power people will resort to irrational ideals. Like criticizing other of witchcraft or communism. After these incidents
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wild energy and tirelessness. Hawthorne’s juxtaposition of descriptions of Pearl’s imagination with comparisons of Church elders to “pine trees- aged‚ black and solemn” emphasizes the great contrast between Pearl’s vivacity and the stoicism of the Puritan elders. Hawthorne uses the alliteration of certain words (“darting up and dancing” and “vast variety”) to lend a euphonious sound to the passage. In contrast to this euphony‚ the passage ends with the repetition of a series of hard c sounds (“constant”
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mistaken as commands from the devil by the strict Puritan populace. False testimonies‚ jealousy and grudges used as ammunitions to fuel the hysteria. The trials successfully depicted how intolerance and hysteria can combine to tear even the strongest community like Salem apart. In The Crucible‚ written by Arthur Miller who was inspired by the Salem witch trials‚ John Proctor‚ a local farmer that lives just outside of Salem‚ is originally a good Puritan; however he has committed lechery
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