accuse the outcast of the village. Rebecca Brooks also states in her article that‚ “although the afflicted girls were the main accusers during the trials‚ many historians believe that the girl’s parents‚ particularly Thomas Putnam and reverend Samuel Parris‚ were egging the girls on and
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Based in the New England town of Salem‚ Massachusetts. A group of girls were caught dancing around a fire in the forest screaming. It appeared that they had been conjuring witchcraft. The problem is that they were caught by a man named Reverend Parris. Unlucky for him his daughter Betty was apart of the group who was in the forest. The next day she appears to have fallen into a coma‚ and rumors about Witchcraft start to spread all throughout the town. With rumors spreading around the girls start
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of the event. This happens by the promotion and spread of fear throughout a community. Promotion is important because without public knowledge of the fear social unrest will not take place. As seen in the Crucible‚ promotion is shown when Reverend Parris holds a meeting of the largest town gossips to tell them of Betty and Ruth’s ailment‚ and that witchcraft may be involved. This knowledge starts a chain reaction through Salem‚ which spreads the news to everyone in the town. During the Red scare media
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In Exodus 22:18‚ it proclaims‚ “Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live!” In 1692 Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ the Puritans believed every word that the Bible said‚ causing the death of twenty people because they were accused of witchcraft. What caused the panic and alarm that lead to the death of twenty people in Salem? There were three causes: conflict between young girls and older women‚ lying teenagers‚ economic and political power divided between two sides of town. One possible cause could be the conflict
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Giles Cory was‚ an 81 year old man stoned to death‚ on September 19‚ 1692. As rocks were piled on him one after another‚ his last words were “More Weight”.. One historical day‚ the slave Tituba and local white women were accused by Betty Parris and her cousin Abigail Williams of practicing witchcraft. For several months‚ the girls started showing weird behavior such as “going into holes‚ and creeping under stools and chairs.” The accused women were sent to jail in Boston‚ but Tituba confessed to
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17th Century Massachusetts and the Salem Witch Trials In January of 1692‚ the daughter and niece of Reverend Samuel Parris became ill‚ and when the children’s health did not improve‚ the village doctor William Griggs was called in to help. He swiftly diagnosed the girls with bewitchment and the famous witch trials of Salem took off. Salem had recently had an epidemic of Small Pox and had always had a strong belief in the Devil. These two factors added with the constant fear of attack from warring
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Through the character of Rebecca Nurse the human-feeling side of injustice and how these accusations tear apart the village of Salem is seen. From the start of the Salem Witch Trials we see Rebecca Nurse as a main contender as she sat at Betty Parris’ side as she was laying in bed‚ sick. Rebecca Nurse denies the mere idea of witchcraft being evident in the village“I have seen them through all of their silly seasons‚ and when it come on them they will run the Devil Bowlegged keeping up with their
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is no expression. She stands in front of a tall podium and begins. People of Salem‚ I have gathered you all here in court in order to tell all of you the real reason of why most of the village is being arrested. You all know the basics‚ Reverend Parris saw all of us‚points at Abigail and the rest of the girls‚ dancing in the forest. Now I must
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Sai Mummalaneni Mrs. Rickard American Literature/ Composition 11 June 2015 The Lies of The Crucible One of the major themes in The Crucible is lying and Deceit. Some of the characters in The Crucible are lying and other characters lie to themselves. For example‚ Proctor cheats on his wife and doesn’t tell her about it; Abigail lies that she is able to see spirits‚ and the judge and ministers lie to themselves. There are many parts in the story where Abigail lies; for example‚ she says that some
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of these young women is synonymous to that of a rebellious teenager today‚ at the time it will seen as though they were consumed by a greater being. The witch trials were brought on in the Massachusetts colony when in 1692‚ 9-year-old Elizabeth Parris and 11-year-old Abigail Williams‚ who were the nieces of the
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