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    The life in a living hell will continue in the coming "Salem" Season 3 Episode 4 "Night’s Black Agents." Everyone should be very careful of their moves as the Dark Lord keeps an eye on all of them. In the promo trailer of "Salem" Season 3 Episode 4‚ Anne (Tamzin Merchant) can be seen warning Cotton (Seth Gabel) to be very careful as he stays in the woods or else‚ he will be in grave danger. However‚ Baron (Joe Doyle) believes that if ever Cotton makes it out of Boston alive‚ the Dark Lord will still

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    you recall anyone in history who had extreme beliefs? In Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible‚” which talks about the Salem witch trials‚ there are parallels to the McCarthy era because‚ they were both very tense times. People were being accused of conspiring and had to face consequences for actions they might have not even done. People were being falsely accused of conspiring against God. In Salem the people were very avid about their religion‚ therefor being accused of witchcraft was as to be conspiring

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    influenced by Hawthorne’s life events and his belief that the misfortunes of his immediate family were the result of divine vengeance for the sins of his ancestors. Hawthorne was born in SalemMassachusetts‚ and he was descended from a line of loyal Puritans that included persecutors of the Quakers and judges at the famous Salem witch trials. He first thought of his family background as the cause of God’s punishment at the age of four‚ when his father died leaving his grief-stricken mother

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    Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in SalemMassachusetts‚ into a family descendant from the New England Puritans. In the short story‚ “Young Goodman Brown”‚ Hawthorne tells us a story about Goodman Brown who goes into the forest at night to protect his wife Faith and also his religious belief. According to Elizabeth Eris‚ the author of “The Devil‚ the Body‚ and the Feminine Soul in Puritan New England” states that “Puritans believed that Satan attacked the soul by assaulting the body and that because

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    The Salem Witch Trials have long been an intriguing event in American history. Many historians have studied the witchcraft trials in order to determine what caused the afflicted girls to behave how they did. There have been several theories that have come about to explain their behavior. Among these theories is poisoning from food. Along with this‚ some think that the girls acted out of simple boredom or that they suffered from a mental illness. In January of 1692‚ the daughter and niece of Reverend

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    Brennyn Mackey 2 May 2011 The Secret War of Salem Exposing the Culprit behind the Mass Hysteria The Salem Witch Trials were a series of infamous events that demand an explanation for their occurrence. The trials that took place in 1692 caused neighbors in the community of Salem Village in the colony of Massachusetts to turn on one another out of paranoia‚ accusing one another of witchcraft. According to Carol Karlsen‚ a longtime author of the subject‚ nineteen people were hanged

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    Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in SalemMassachusetts in 1804 from " a family of declining fortunes" (Meyer‚ 2014‚ p.312). He is known for writing stories that are "complex and ambiguity that make it difficult to reduce his story to a simple view in life" (meyer‚ 2014‚ p.312). His writings include "The House of the Seven Gables"; The Snow-Image‚ the Blithedale Romance‚ The Scarlet letter‚ and many others. His stories were often about people who suffered from inner conflict. In the story “Young Goodman

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    differences between the Virginia Company and the Massachusetts Bay Company. Both settlements began with a journey to the New World from England. Both settlements were funded by investors. However‚ one of the biggest differences is the reasoning behind the colonies starting. The Virginia Company began solely for economical profit and was a Royal Colony (supported by the Queen). The Virginia Company was the first settlement in 1607. The Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded in 1628 and was more geared

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    Like Virginia‚ Massachusetts Bay was settled by Europeans. Both settlements struggled to survive at first. They both also encountered natives living there before they arrived. In Virginia there were the Algonquians and in Massachusetts Bay there was a large number of Puritans. Although there were many differences between the two colonies it comes as to no surprise that they are very much so related in their hardships. Such as in Virginia there was disease‚ famine and continuing attacks of the neighboring

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    bloodcurdling word: guilty. Although of what crime depends on the time period of the aforementioned case‚ for trials such as these have occurred in American History not once but twice. The first began back in the 1600’s in a little town known as Salem Massachusetts‚ where people were killed for crimes of witchcraft. The second instance‚ while not quite as known for bestowing rigor mortis still put ruin on the lives of many. Trials in the 1950’s fueled by McCarthyism and the idea that communism was invading

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