Research Project: The Salem Witch Trials The Salem Witch Trials in Salem‚ Massachusetts rocked the town to its core. Hysteria‚ paranoia‚ and confusion among the citizens of Salem. Accusing people of casting spells and consorting with the devil. How were the politics and citizenship of this period handled and was it handled correctly? Witchcraft was something very new in the colonies. In France‚ Italy‚ Germany‚ and England‚ this has been going on for about 300 years. The bible even says‚ “Thou
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In February of 1692‚ the Salem Witch Trials began. During this time the community of Salem‚ Massachusetts were Christians who were in constant fear of the Devil. They feared that the Devil was continuously trying to destroy their Christian community. They were isolated in this New World and often frightened because of the thought of the Devil taking over their lives. They were also under a lot of stress‚ trying to make it in the New World‚ which only put more pressure on them. Then the trigger happened
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Osborne Dear Boston Globe‚ I am writing to you from my jail cell in the hope that you will publish my letter and let the world know my story. I was born as Sarah Warren in Watertown‚ Massachusetts in 1643. In 1662‚ at age 19‚ I married Robert Prince‚ a Salem Villager. He purchased a 150-acre farm‚ in Salem Village‚ next to Captain John Putman’s farm‚ and I moved in with him. Putman was our neighbor‚ my husband’s brother-in-law‚ and the executor of my husband’s will. We had two sons‚ whom we
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sin‚ guilt‚ and witchcraft in Puritan society. The Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ born Hawthorne is revered for his short story collection‚ Twice-Told Tales; his masterpiece The Scarlet Letter; and the classic The House of the Seven Gables. Although his tendency was to express himself in his short stories‚ he is best known for his novels‚ and particularly his most famous‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ a romance in a historical setting‚ Puritan Boston‚ Massachusetts‚ in the 17th-century. It is the story of the unfortunate
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The Salem Witch Trials was one of America’s greatest tragedies‚ and the McCarthy Trials can be considered a repetition of this historical event. The Salem Witch Trials and the McCarthy Trials share similar characteristics‚ which is exemplified through fear of speaking out‚ the types of people who were accused‚ and the mass hysteria that spurred both movements on. The first connection between these two events is probably the most obvious‚ that being a common fear of speaking out against the movement
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Would you die if it meant you could be absolutely flawless? Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in Salem‚ Massachusetts on July 4‚ 1808. He was a famous American novelist and short story writer. In 1821 Hawthorn was accepted into Bowdoin College where he was elected into Phi Beta Kappa. “The Birthmark”‚ one of his short stories‚ was published in March of 1843. During that time science was having many new discoveries. Although‚ many people were still unfamiliar with science and were doubtful of its importance
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trial Hysteria of 1692? All starting in June‚ 1692‚ the Salem Witch Trial hysteria was a period when people were constantly being accused of witchcraft. A witch is someone who is taken over by the devil and portrays the actions of the creature. This mainly happened to women. Historians are still trying to figure out why people would accuse others of witchcraft. Some think it was because of the paranoia from the Native American raids. Hallucinogens were also another suggestion
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In Witches! The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem‚ author Rosalyn Schanzer discusses the outbreak of the Salem witch trials and tells about the murderous colonial period of 1692. The trials took place in Salem‚ Massachusetts when the Puritans of England migrated to New England. The accusations of witches started when two girls began having fits‚ and a doctor tried to use elixirs and everything he could to cure them. He then diagnosed the two girls of being plagued by witches. After these
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upon her will to confess of being a witch. Tituba’s confessions of being a witch lead to a mass investigation across Salem‚ Massachusetts. These investigations cause great havoc and pandemonium through out the Puritan society. However‚ Tituba’s confessions were all lies for she is angelic and as kind-hearted as one could be. In Elaine G. Breslaw’s Tituba: Reluctant Witch of Salem: Devilish Indians and Puritan Fantasies‚ Tituba‚ described by Breslaw‚ has four compatible labels‚ however‚ the two labels
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The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter‚ written in 1850 by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ is about a Puritan society in Massachusetts. The theme of this novel is largely sin‚ and how the guilty parties were not equally treated for the same sin or exposed for the wrong that they had done in the eyes of God. Hawthorne describes deception‚ the withholding of the truth‚ and secrecy in the development of the plot and characters in the novel. Hawthorne vividly makes use of symbolism and feminine status in Puritan
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