sparked the “Great Awakening” of this time period. Not only is fear used as a tool for persuasion in Jonathon Edwards‚ sinners in the Hands of an Angry God‚ but it is also used in The Crucible. Reverend Parris and his niece‚ Abigail‚ instate fear into people for two completely different reasons. Parris uses fear in his “Brimstone and Fire” types of sermons. He states that “there is either obedience or the church will burn like Hell is burning‚” to show that the people who
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The witchcraft emergency started in the mid of January 1691‚ two young ladies were living in a place of the Reverend Samuel Parris of Salem Village or now named Danvers‚ Massachusetts they all of a sudden began enduring that abruptly their older folks that they lived with ascribed to witchcraft. Months passed by however numerous individuals blamed that they were being tormented
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The Witches of Salem/The Salem Witch Trials “The devil came to me and bid me serve him” (Blumburg). According to Jess Blumburg‚ a writer and a historian‚ these were the words that started the Salem witch trials. Tituba was a slave living with the Parris family when she was swept away into the nonsense that was the Salem witch trials. The Salem witch trials happened in Massachusetts in 1692 and 1693. Around 200 people‚ in the town of salem‚ were accused of witchcraft‚ and twenty people actually hung
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works‚ and even determines whether or not the community will eat. In Salem‚ Massachusetts where The Crucible took place‚ the community is run as a normal town. The only person who can even slightly relate to Grandpa Herman in The Crucible is Reverend Parris. He is the Reverend of the local church and doesn’t control community affairs. Both of the communities are Christian however their denominations vary‚ despite the fact that the church of Fire and Brimstone technically isn’t a denomination. In The
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spectral evidence given by a group of girls that started it all. There are many plausible theories as to why this incident can be deemed a hysteria such as sheer boredom and teen angst‚ women’s roles in the Puritan society‚ and fear. Reverend Samuel Parris’ family was comprised of his wife‚ daughter Betty‚ niece Abigail‚ and West Indian slave Tituba. Abigail’s parents passed away and as a result the Puritan community did not accept her because she was an outsider. There was little for the girls to do
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some sort of a circle form. Judge: Who’s them? Proctor: I can’t name. Judge: If you do not name anymore witches I am going to have to hang you. Proctor: Okay I will name the witches‚ I believe that the other witches may be Tituba‚ Betty Parris‚ and Reverend Parris. Judge: Why do you suspect them? Are those the ones who were saying those weird words as they were sitting in some sort of a circle you say? Proctor: Yes sir they are. As a matter of fact I have an eye witness. Judge: Now why didn’t you
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girls in Salem Village accused several local women of witchcraft while being claimed of being possessed by the devil. This is causing a wave of hysteria to spread throughout colonial Massachusetts. Starting in January of 1692‚ Betty Parris and Abigail Williams‚ Samuel Parris’ (minister of Salem Village) daughter and niece are experiencing very extreme and absurd behavior and is defined by the locals as “fits”‚ which included
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The Salem Witch Trials I: Introduction Attention Getter: During the Salem Witch Trials‚ about 200 people would be accused of Witchcraft‚ 19 would be executed as witches‚ and one man is his 80’s would be put to death by stacking stone upon stone on his chest. General Purpose: To educate my audience about the Salem Witch Trials. Specific Purpose: My purpose is to display to you the power of fear in a place like Salem‚ or any place when they have the “witch hunt mentality.” Thesis
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wondering after my long night of travelling. I could not dismiss her as a fool thou‚ why any child would ever fake such a thing didn’t make sense. The event of the day that gave me the strangest feeling was meeting with the town preacher. Reverend Parris‚ I very cold man he was. A stern handshake more like that of a merchant then the head of the church. I questioned his character from the very moment he welcomed me. Although this is a pure town the forces I felt today were unnerving I can only pray
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Tituba description of how Reverend Parris extracted her confession is depicted in Robert Calef’s book‚ More Wonders of the Invisible World‚ and proceeds as follows‚ “…her master did beat her … to make her confess and accuse (such as he called) her sister witches‚ and that whatsoever said
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