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    Salem Possessed

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    Salem Possessed Salem Possessed is a novel that explores the social‚ economic‚ political‚ and geographical divisions within the Salem Village community. It is written as an attempt to understand the accusations of witchcraft in 1692. It is believed that the village of Salem is split into two factions: one interested in gaining more of a society based upon political independence and led by the Putnam family‚ and the other‚ interested in the mercantile and political life of the town being led by

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    1. The village of Salem‚ a community of god-fearing Puritans. The young man named Goodman Brown says goodbye to his wife‚ leaving his home before the journey into the forest. Faith‚ wearing pink ribbons in her cap‚ asks him stay home because she has troubling thoughts. He will not return until next morning. Goodman Brown sets off on a road through a dark forest and the thoughts of the devil in the forest do not leave his head. Man is the figure of the devil. Goodman Brown occasionally wants

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    Escaping Salem Review

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    Escaping Salem begins to examine the people behind some of the stories in the relatively quiet community of Stamford. The book looks at one particular case of a girl named Kate Branch of her fits or rage‚ her delusions and her overall strange behavior. It discusses the people that many believed were witches and why they considered them witches. Though the arguments were often weak‚ the arguments gained traction and led to the trials of a couple of women accused of being witches. Escaping Salem takes

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    capitalists and communists. What would you do if the witch hunts happened in this modern era? Arthur Miller wrote this book because of the incidents that occurred during the 1950’s. Senator Joseph McCarthy had a suspicion of communism in the United States. So he started a witch hunt to find the communists in the United States and he targeted celebrities of Hollywood such as Lucille Ball‚ Helen Keller‚ Langston Hughes‚ Charlie Chaplin‚ were all put on trial for being in cahoots with the enemy. This also

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    THE WITCH

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    The Witch By: Edilberto K. Tiempo (Term Paper) Submitted to: Ms. Joreen Bale Submitted by: Diana A. Gonzales Introduction “The Witch” by Edilberto K Tiempo – A Wonderful

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    Title: Tituba‚ Reluctant Witch of Salem: Devilish Indians and Puritan Fantasies Author: Elaine G. Breslaw Publication: New York and London‚ 1996 This book summarizes the life of a female Indian servant and her involvement in the 1692 witch trials in Salem‚ Massachusetts. To begin it gives background information of the Arawak Indian woman named Tituba‚ which reveals cultural influences. It tells how Tituba was captured and sold into slavery and shifted from one cultural world to another

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    Who do you think is responsible for starting the witch-hunt hysteria? When it comes to assigning the blame for who ultimately caused the mass hysteria of the Salem witch-hunts‚ it is hard to pin the blame on a specific character as all are involved in varying degrees and have contributed to sparking this cataclysmic event. Most people will agree that Abigail is the main perpetrator. However‚ I think that other characters‚ namely Reverend Parris‚ Hale and even John Proctor are responsible to an extent

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    Lavender Scare Analysis

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    The Lavender Scare lasted from the late 1940s to the late 1950s. The mass which hunt and firings of numerous people by the united states government. Gay men and lesbians were said to be security risks and communist sympathizers‚ which led to the removal of numerous people from state employment. “Republican National Committee Chair Guy Gabrielson claimed the media was not doing enough to alert the population to the "homosexual menace‚" this was merely self-serving demagogy. The media helped whip the

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    Salem Witchcraft History

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    The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 were a dark time in American history. More than 200 people  were accused of practicing witchcraft and 20 were killed during the hysteria. Ever since those  dark days ended‚ the trials have become synonymous with mass hysteria and scapegoating.    Causes    Salem‚ Massachusetts was not alone in its witch hunt. A wave of witch trials swept Europe  from the 1300s to the 1600s. These witch hunts happened for a variety of reasons and were  greatly influenced by the fear

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    Pepsi Syringe Scare

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    Pepsi’s Crisis Response: The Syringe Scare 1993 Ryan Campbell Public Relations 9/28/10 Background: Pepsi has been a favorite soda of millions of people for over a decade. In 1993‚ PepsiCo received the Silver Anvil Award for businesses for successfully solving a crisis that had to do with one of its products. To understand the severity of the crisis it was first facing in 1993 it is important to understand a little history of the company. It was first created in 1898 when Pepsin and Cola

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