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    similarities. One could say that Guantanamo Bay and the legal process/human rights aspects of the Salem witch trials are insanely similar but very different. They are right-there are many similarities and difference between the two. Guantanamo Bay is a detention camp to keep prisoners that are supposedly linked to terrorism held captive while they are caught during war. Now‚ for the Salem witch trials puritans were all about God and making sure that if you are not with God you are with the Devil.

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    and times‚ people were used as escape goats. The people accused‚ usually ended up with the “bad end of the stick”. The Salem Witch Trials‚ The Red Scare‚ and Pearl Harbor are all events in history when people were profiled and treated unfairly‚ and we can learn from these events. During the Salem Witch Trials‚ many people were profiled and treated and unfairly. In the town of Salem‚ the Reverend was Samuel Parris. His niece Abigail daughter Betty were having behavior issues and fell ill. The village

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    What caused the Salem Witch Trial Hysteria in 1692? "Though shalt not suffer a witch to live"(Bible)! The people of Puritan faith in 1692 concluded they should kill witches with no mercy. In the 1600’s‚ immigrants arrived in the New England colonies. Countless immigrants practiced the Puritan belief. The Puritans believed the Bible was the word of God; they assumed all concepts written were true. The Bible proclaimed killing witches is all right. In 1692‚ in the Puritan town of Salem‚ there was a mass

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    Script: Today‚ we see the salem witch trials as being one of the biggest misunderstandings in American history and is still widely talked about however people are still not fully aware of what actually took place. So … what is the salem witch trials? The Salem Witch Trials starts off with an English Colony moving to America and starting the Massachusetts Bay Colony. During this time many people had brought the belief in witchcraft from england. There was a lot of anxiety amongst the settlements

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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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    Between the months of June to September of 1692‚ the infamous witch trials in Salem‚ Massachusetts resulted in the hanging of 19 men and women; the deaths of five others‚ including two children‚ while imprisoned in jail; the pressing to death of an 80-year old man‚ and the stoning of two dogs for collaborating with the Devil. Hundreds of others faced accusations and dozens more were jailed for months during the progress of the trials. For over three hundred years these events have not only captured

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    Gainor  The Crucible: ​ Salem‚ Massachusetts 1692  Act I:  Graphic Organizer: Identify and describe each character.  Song  Character/ Theme/ Idea  Lyrics  Quotes    Death and abnormality        Elizabeth’s reaction to  John Proctor cheating on  her with Abigail      The only thing worse than not  knowing  Is you thinking that I don’t  know  I’m having another episode  I just need a stronger dose...  I’m sitting out dances on the  wall  “Here is all the invisible world‚ caught‚  defined

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    This is the diary of Abigail Williams. September 5th‚ 1692 Dear Diary‚ A few days ago I committed one of the worst sins I could have.. I have slept with a man before marriage.. Not only did I sleep with a man before marriage‚ he was a married man. I should go and repent and feel sorry for what I have done‚ but I can’t I just can’t for I do not feel sorry or feel I have done anything wrong. I know it’s wrong but I really do love John Procter! i never want to forget that it happened so I’m going

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    Massachusetts held a series of trials regarding the conspiracy of witchcraft. Many fell victim in this case of religious extremism. How did this horrible event begin? What fueled the unfounded fear of witchcraft? What are specific cases of this affair? Is there earlier record of similar occurrences The Salem witch trials were a progression of hearings and arraignments of individuals blamed for witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. The trial brought about the detainment

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    The Salem Witchcraft Trials “The Devil in Salem” by Peggy Robbins addresses the Salem witch trials that occurred in colonial Massachusetts in 1692. The Massachusetts Bay Colony was where it was more likely for people to believe in witchcraft in which it was known to be believed by the people that Satan would take use of human beings to carry on his war against heaven. It has been recorded that in Salem Village in the year of 1692‚ alone 170 witches were imprisoned and 20 were sentenced to death

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