a trying affair on the small town of Salem. During this event a man came to the town of Salem‚ this man was Reverend Hale. Hale was crucial in the interpretation of these “satanic” works. He was the one of the first people to openly believe the witchcraft and one of the few to end up openly opposing it as well. Where the whole town fell to mass hysteria‚ believing that the devil‚ Hale was one of the few with the resolve to oppose this madness. Reverend Hale is a just and composed man who has pure
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-----The quotation above is taken from the writings of John Winthrop aboard the Arabella on its way to Massachusetts where the famed Puritan Bay Colony was to be established. It is one of the most often quoted passages in American History because historians can see in it a prophetic statement concerning Americans’ attitudes toward America and her role. Winthrop and the Puritans thought they were a chosen people setting out to a new world to construct a perfect community that would be an example for the
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Puritans believed that every word of the Bible was the true word of God and was to be followed to the very last letter. Since the Bible mentions the existence of the Devil and witches‚ the Puritans were aware and suspicious of misdeeds and unexplained happenings. Once the word of witches tumbles from ones lips‚ it spreads like a disease throughout the community. The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 was the outcome of multiple factors. These factors include jealousy over people‚ the feel of power/control
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thus allowing a discussion of broader themes regarding the role and position of women in Puritan society. Karlsen’s work‚ which has been well-received‚ focuses on the position of accused witches as largely females placed in precarious social and economic positions‚ often because they stood to inherit‚ had inherited‚ or lost an inheritance in property. Karlsen departs from the idea that women accused of witchcraft were boisterous beggars‚ a depiction "tantamount to blaming the victim" (Nissenbaum) and
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A Delusion of Satan A Delusion of Satan‚ was written by Frances Hill and covers in the personal situations of the people in Salem during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. The book opens up describing the intense and strict life style of the Puritan. Then we go into discussion of the town of Salem at the time‚ being owned by mainly the Putman family. The pastor there‚ Samuel Parris‚ has lived there in Salem since 1689. He resides with his wife‚ his children‚ niece (Abigail Williams)‚ and
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found that politics played a big role in the trials. The politics of Salem village were a major cause of the Salem witch trials. First‚ politics play an important role in The Crucible and therefore‚ in the cause of the Salem witch trials. In the Puritan society
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Everything Wrong With the Puritans Nearly everyone can agree that the Puritans had some issues. They killed countless innocent people for ridiculous reasons‚ accused anybody different from them of being a witch‚ and were extremely strict about religion. Some Puritans even accused people they didn’t like of witchcraft just to get them executed. The Puritans that saw problems with this system were accused of being witches and hanged as well. These actions are shown very clearly in Arthur Miller’s
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Approximately 80% of the people accused of witchcraft in the 1960’s were women (Kagan 428). Primarily‚ the accused were women who were different‚ strong‚ independent and sensual in nature. Such women posed a problem to the typical rich‚ superior and dominant white male. Tituba was the first African American slave to be charged in the Salem Witch Trial in 1692. She was well liked by the children of Salem Village‚ which made her stand out from the rest. The children loved to listen to her stories
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English IV- Honors Mrs.Daly 11/11/12 Culture at its Best “Piccanin‚” shouted Teddy‚ “get out of my way!” And he raced in circles around the black child until he was frightened‚ and fled back to the bush.” This scene from Doris Lessings “No Witchcraft for Sale” depicts a child being affected by the results of apartheid‚ a policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race‚ in South Africa. Similar to segregation in America‚ apartheid separated the blacks and white into two different
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Catholics and Protestants were in a struggle to convince all hearts to follow what each thought of as the correct form of Christianity. Consequently‚ there was not an angle overlooked in this battle‚ including the subjects of demonic possession and witchcraft. Two denominations of Christianity with differing views on how to deal with these malevolent topics‚ led not only to a generally heightened public interest in these matters‚ but to further separation of the Church‚ as well as the public exploitation
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