The Wizard of Oz‚ by L. Frank Baum tells the tale of a young girl Dorothy as she wanders through the land of Oz. In the original movie adaptation‚ Dorothy kills the Wicked Witch of the East causing the Wicked Witch of the West to avenge her sister by making Dorothy pay. The Wicked Witch of the West has become a common archetype for the definition of a “wicked witch” with her long nose‚ green skin‚ and black hat. Both the novel and movie portray the witch as an evil relentless character to be disliked
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(5 p.m.‚ in Salems little church. A lot of people of Salem meet in the church to here the interrogation of Goody Osburn. 7 days after Act I) Judge Hathorne. (unsmiling expression and strictly voice) Be quiet please! -- We are here today to interrogate Mrs. Osburn with the reproach of being a witch. Please bring her in. (with more upraised voice) (Mrs. Osburn get brought in chain to the podium at the front of the church‚ that everyone can see here. The people are all gossip secretly to each
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The Salem Witch Trials begin in 1692 in Salem‚ Massachusetts. It was a series of chazak using men and women practicing witchcraft with led to a lot of conflict among the people in the Village of Salem. Many people were scared because they did not want to be accused of practicing witchcraft. This event led to many Family Feud’s and religious Fanatics and people constantly living in fear. Although there are many women who are on trial for practicing witchcraft are also men who were accused of witchcraft
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The Witches of Salem Throughout history there have been endless occurrences that involved the suspicion of witches. Perhaps the most notorious occurrence happened back in 17th century colonial Massachusetts‚ where the village of Salem was torn apart by the accusations of witchcraft. Many innocent women and men were accused‚ tried‚ and executed during the Salem Witch Trials based on the false beliefs surrounding such tests as the touch test‚ pressing‚ devil’s marks and other absurd methods of examination
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The Salem witch trials was a trial based on the principles theocratic government and accusation of Witchcraft. The Salem witch trials had led to the execution of fifteen people‚ and the imprisonment of five others‚ all who died within jail. It had all started from the spread of mass hysteria. Shortly afterwards‚ people began to realize the huge folly of this type of theocratic style of government‚ and by 1697 the general of Massachusetts Court had even called for a day of fasting in respect for the
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The first of these causes was ideas during the Enlightenment. The ideas were about French society. John Locke‚ an Enlightenment thinker‚ wrote that each and every single person is born with rights. These natural rights include: life‚ liberty and property. Locke wanted to get rid of an unjust ruler‚ and people began to be inquisitive of the authority of the King. Another Enlightenment thinker‚ Montesquieu‚ wanted freedom of speech without punishment. A powerful government should be divided into three
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Negligence Causation And Remoteness Revision The following is a plain text extract of the PDF sample above‚ taken from our Tort I (Intentional & Negligence) Notes. This text version has had its formatting removed so pay attention to its contents alone rather than its presentation. The version you download will have its original formatting intact and so will be much prettier to look at. Causation & Remoteness Causation According to CLA s 5E‚ plaintiff bears onus of proof of causation. • At common
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What is fear? Fear is the act of being scared of something. Usually‚ being afraid of fearing is just a state of mind. If your mind can tell you not to be scared then you won’t feel fearful but on the other hand if your mind tricks you into believing you should be fearful of something‚ you will become afraid of that person‚ place‚ thing‚ or object. Fear is the reasoning for the accusations of witchcraft & the devil circulating around Salem. Abigail began to accuse everyone for practicing
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The Salem witch trials scared many people during its time. During this time people accused each other of being witches. Many of the accused were killed because they would not admit to being a witch. The causes of the Salem witch trials were town division‚ lying girls‚ and jealousy. Town division helped spark the horrible events of the Salem witch trials. The town could be divided by race‚ social status‚ or wealth. Document E shows us that the accusers are on one side of the town and the accused
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Good evening ladies and gentlemen of the jury I have lived in other places and went through the same things as Salem are going through with this witchcraft nonsense. Everything that I’ve heard and seen has definitely been happening here because of this woman Mary Warren. Once I heard about this nonsense I knew Mary Warren had to be prosecuted. Do you guys really think that she is such a great person? I personally don’t think so there is definitely hidden evil behind that supposedly innocent face
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