city upon the hills went down hill and was not successful. In 1692 the hunt for witches took place in the town of Salem‚ Massachusetts. Many people aren’t really sure what actually caused the Salem witch trials to occur. The towns strict religious beliefs‚ political cooperation and role playing‚ could all have been the cause of the Salem witch trials and hangings. The town of Salem was in the process of become a pure city when strange even started to take place. Young girls named Abigail Williams
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What caused the Salem Witch Trial Hysteria of 1692? During the summer of 1692‚ nineteen people were hung and one pressed to death‚ because they were accused of practicing or aiding the process of witchcraft. The Salem Witch Trials were started by a preconceived notion that witchcraft was real based on religious texts and ministers‚ or that being in a wrong place at the wrong time was the doing of witch. In addition‚ all of the accused were tried with in the sights of four young
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a society‚ belief or authority or choosing to hold onto individuality‚ independence and freedom is right for them as an individual. This moral dilemma is displayed in the stage play ‘The Crucible’ by Arthur Miller written in 1953‚ based on the Salem witch hunts of Massachusetts in 1692 and the 1950s anti communist extremist of McCarthyism. The characters of the play are faced with moral dilemma of self righteousness and belonging to ones self or conforming and sacrificing their own beliefs to avoid
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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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history there have been thousands of “false” trials. These trials were based around false accusations. The trials most notable for accusations without the clearest of evidence was the Salem witch trials‚ hundreds were killed for being suspicious and never indicating that they were actual witches. Everyone who died in Salem and everyone who is serving or served an undeserved sentence have or at least had families‚ career opportunities‚ a career‚ in short a life. All of these get ripped away from people
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What Caused the Hysteria of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. What caused the salem trials‚ there are many reasons‚ It could have been because of the things that were going on in Salem but there are many reasons for why this happend‚ I will explain a couple of the reasons‚ many people were accused to be witches‚ many people in salem were killed for being accused of being witches. Know one really knows why this started but it was horrible they were brutally killed and many were in prison. Sometimes
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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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as "witch-hunts" because of their similarity to the Salem witch trials. The McCarthy hearings are trials in which Senator Joe McCarthy accuses government employees of being Communists. He exaggerates and exploits the evidence and ruins many reputations just as the girls do in the Salem witch trials. The accused‚ in both cases‚ are used as scapegoats for society’s problems and the only way to escape direct punishment is to admit to guilt. Joseph McCarthy and the girls from Salem begin
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Andria Garza 11/30/12 English Final Draft Hysteria comparison of the Salem Witch Trials and the Holocaust During both the devastating Holocaust in the Germany and the tragic Salem Witch Trials in the small town of Salem‚ innocent people were brutally killed‚ causing hysteria among the people. Both groups of people endured hardships because of the hysteria that occurred among them. This hysteria caused people to react in ways that they would not usually act. Both of these events are very historical
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In “I‚ Tituba‚ Black Witch of Salem” by Maryse Conde‚ Maryse uses Tituba to challenge Colonialists assumptions. Tituba still follows her beliefs and hasn’t converted to the Puritan ways of Christianity‚ she uses proper english‚ and is not seen as a savage. In “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller Tituba didn’t speak proper english. She was treated as a blame. If anything wrong occurred‚ such as the witch trials‚ Tituba was put the blame on just for the fact that she was a slave from Barbados. Also‚ in
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