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    Nikki Yager Mrs. Yates English II 3 October 2010 English Essay “There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man.” -Winston Churchill. Horses not only inspire their riders‚ but also the spectators. The art of equestrian is generally disregarded as a competitive sport. Being a rider not only takes raw talent but also devotion‚ skill‚ concentration‚ knowledge‚ and strength. With a variety of riding styles‚ it’s difficult to express which one is superior to

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    A review of A Fever in Salem: A New Interpretation of the New England Witch Trials‚ by Laurie Winn Carlson‚ Ivan R. Dee‚ Chicago‚ 2000; 224 pp. $14.95 Paperback. ISBN: 1-566633095 A FEVER IN SALEM POSITS A biological cause for the early modem witchcraft epidemic‚ which resulted in the hanging of 19 people in Salem‚ MA‚ in 1692. Witchcraft persecution‚ Laurie Carlson writes‚ arose because of the strange behavior of the supposedly bewitched accusers. She concludes that the cause was a disease unrecognizable

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    In the Crucible‚ Authur Miller expressed the argument that individuals must stand in opposition to collective injustice. During the Red Scare people often accused others as communist‚ which started a huge debate on wether or not they were. Author Miller has created an argument showing what the Red Scare was but in a earlier time period. The which crafts often contributed to the Red Scare in many ways‚ one way it contributed to which craft was the way that during both of the times people were accused

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    Before embarking upon my research project‚ I sat down to ponder what sort of topics interest me‚ as far as having the potential to provide an avenue for research. For some reason‚ which I can not explain‚ my thoughts roamed to a trip I took in 2012 to London‚ England. In England‚ I visited a place called the London Dungeons. It is really nothing more than a tourist trap‚ to be honest. However‚ the dungeons did offer an exhibit on methods used in England to obtain confessions from accused witches

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    How to train your Arabian horse for showing. Arabians are hard work to show. You have to train them‚ keep them in shape‚ and bring them to shows and prepare them for shows and keep on schedule. There are several different styles of showing. The three main ones are Western‚ saddleseat‚ and Huntseat. To train your western Arabian horse for showing‚ you have to make sure you start out training your horse to have a soft mouth and hold their head by themselves. “Never wrap the rope around your hand.”

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    What Caused The Salem Witch Trial Hysteria Of 1692 The people of Salem were being killed in a whole different manner. Why was this happening‚ and what was the cause?In Salem‚ 1692‚ people were being accused for being witches and for practicing witchcraft. In Salem‚ at this time people were being hanged for something that didn’t exist. Back then‚ they didn’t know about fairy tales so when ever they did something wrong they would blame the devil that had entered their body. the Salem witch trial hysteria

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    The Salem Witch trials were started in 1692. But why? According to History.com‚ a group of girls claimed to be possessed with the devil and that they were practicing witchcraft. This event may have caused the trials to begin. These girls were from Salem Village‚ which is how the “Salem Witch Trials” got their name. Many doctors in the village were diagnosing children with bewitchment starting earlier that year. These practices did not go on for long‚ but were very devastating. Multiple cases

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    Breaking the law was no joke back in colonial times. Punishment were extremely harsh. The convict will be punished by physical pain or sometimes death. Do to the poor judgment from the court’s most of the accused were innocent. Even the defendants of the accused were punished‚ if the accused were proven guilty. One of the crimes that were taken really seriously was Witchcraft‚ which was punished by death. A lot of innocent women died during those year in Salem. The punishments for crime in colonial

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    In the early morning hours of March 24th 1692; long before the tales of the Brothers Grimm‚ stood 71 year old Rebecca Nurse. A simple woman from Salem Massachusetts who was accused of witchcraft by the prominent wife of a local official‚ Ann Putnam While she pleaded her innocence‚ the courtroom was apparently under her spell‚ and with every motion of her body the audience rolled on the floor in pain. While in today?s society we would rule this type of behavior ?mass hysteria? or ?mob mentality?‚

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    The common and scholarly masses alike believed in the mystical forces of witchcraft gained by a pact with the devil. Jean Bodin who contended against religious devotion demanded death for witches and for those judges who might not arraign them. Trials of witches crested in Europe somewhere around 1560 and 1640. Confidence in witches was not new in the sixteenth century. Witches had for quite some time been reprimanded for the wrecking of crops and bringing on individual fiascoes extending from miscarriages

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