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    is frustrating by his childrend ’s dead. He is always pretending to a generoal man in the salem. But‚ since his daughter Ruth was paralysed‚ he begun to accuss people for witchcraft‚ and blame on them. When Mr.Parris came to his house to visit Ruth‚ Mr. Putnam said‚“ Don’t you understand it‚ sir? There is a murdering witch among us‚ bound to keep himself in the dark.“ Mr.Putnam believed that evil in the salem were trying to kill his daughter‚ Ruth. However‚ if evil took their babies‚ then there is

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    Crucible: Elizabeth Proctor “Let them that never lied die now to keep their souls” (1353). This quote‚ spoken by John Proctor‚ in the Crucible represents what the Salem Witch Trials were about. The Crucible‚ written by Aurthur Miller‚ was a playwright based in the 1600’s of the Salem Witch Trials in Province‚ Massachusetts. The Salem Witch Trials were during the time of McCarthyism; McCarthyism suggested people were guilty without hard proof. Elizabeth Proctor was a character in the Crucible that

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    In January 1692‚ the colony of Salem‚ Massachusetts would encounter a situation that would change the small colony forever. That year the quiet town would endure a 9-month long span of trials of witchcraft that would leave 200 accused witches and 20 dead. The trials were based on religious beliefs and would separate all the “unholy” citizens from the community. The trials separated the community based on fear and individuals singling out others based on class. The witch-hunts have affected modern

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    The witchcraft trials of Salem was a hysteria that swept through the state of Massachusetts; that would change the whole demeanor of the town. It all began when a group of girl; once friends‚ turned delinquents accused a number of women of performing the devils magic causing them to be possessed. Over the time of a year there was an overwhelming amount of accusation of witchcraft. The governor sought out to create a new court‚ calling it the "court of oyer and terminer". In this court is where

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    The Puritans‚ conductors of the Salem witch trials‚ in which many people were killed‚ were right in their actions. The Puritans were settlers in early American history that settled near Salem‚ Massachusetts. They were looking for religious freedom in America‚ because they weren’t Catholic. They had a very strict interpretation of the Bible and lived according to that. They were also responsible for the Salem witch trials‚ an event in which many people were killed for supposedly being witches. However

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    what led the world chaotic. People will believe anything that is said on the news or even gossip. Gossip is what fuels the fire such as the Salem Witch Trials. There is always two side of a story the truth and the witness. If people stop believing then the world wouldn’t be how it is now. There are people who likes to see more about action then promise. The Salem Witch trail is full of drama.In the plot everyone blames someone else of their actions. Is society vs society the honor and people wishes

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    Robert Klippel Robert Klippel was an Australian constructivist sculptor. Born in 1920 in Sydney and dying in 2001 he is widely recognised as one of the greatest Australian contemporary sculptors. Klippel’s works are abstract and innovative. They are made of found pieces that could be quite random but through the assemblage Klippel makes his sculptures portray qualities such as balance and structure. Klippel’s works are abstract but not at all random‚ ‘The New McCullochs’s Encyclopaedia of Australian

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    DBQ: Salem Witchcraft Trial Hysteria of 1692 In the 1600’s rumors of witchcraft spread throughout England and even more so in New England. Though punishing someone by death for practicing witchcraft was not unheard of‚ it was all but common; that is‚ until the year 1692 in Salem‚ Massachusetts. From the tenth of June to the twenty-second of September‚ twenty men and women were killed‚ all by hanging except one‚ because they were accused and convicted of practicing witchcraft; the convictions

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    The Salem witch trials is a STAIN on US history. The witch trials was one of the biggest acts of mass hysteria in American history some would go as far as compare it to the holocaust. The Salem witch trials was a series of court cases for acts of witchcraft. Supernatural foramina were part of every day life. It took place in Massachusetts between February 1692 to May 1693. These cases usually ended in executions. Twenty people were killed‚ 14 of which were women. The trials didn’t just

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    Photography is considered to be the origin of documentary film‚ capturing life as it is. Usually the photos were taken of people and places documenting it. What is unique about Robert Flaherty’s footage of Nanook inside his igloo? What Robert Flaherty did that was unique was he set up ice stacked to look like they were in an igloo‚ but in reality they were not. This gave him enough light to get the footage for the scene. A documentary documents an event but what else does it convey? A documentary

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