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 and Elizabeth(Betty)
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fear and love. When we are afraid‚ we pull back from life. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. Fear is the mind-killer. In The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller show how fear motivates Abigail‚ Betty and Tituba to act specific way. Therefore‚ each of the ladies let fear motivate them to act a unique way. The protagonist of The Crucible the leader‚ Abigail‚ fear motivates her to lie. She’s afraid to be whipped for dancing and other things in the forest. She deals with her fear by saying
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for the death of Goody Nurse and John 2. Why does Abigail admit to witchcraft? She knows she can get rid of her enemies by blaming them for witchcraft too 3. How is Abigail a hypocrite? She says she loves god in act 1 but she fuels the witch trials and is seen like a devil-like character 4. Why did Abigail want the charm to hurt Elizabeth Proctor? She wanted to have John to herself 5. How is Abigail related to Parris? She is he the niece 6. How did Abigail blame Elizabeth Proctor
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the world chaotic. People will believe anything that is said on the news or even gossip. Gossip is what fuels the fire such as the Salem Witch Trials. There is always two side of a story the truth and the witness. If people stop believing then the world wouldn’t be how it is now. There are people who likes to see more about action then promise. The Salem Witch trail is full of drama.In the plot everyone blames someone else of their actions. Is society vs society the honor and people wishes get in
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The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 and 1693 as a very dark event for early America. The Salem Witch Trials were trials of people accused of witchcraft. The citizens of Salem caused the deaths of twenty people‚ most of them women. The research being abundant‚ I could gather many opinions expressed about the Salem Witch Trials. Particularly‚ the author’s opinions showed the trials and prosecutions were biased against women because women were not treated equal to men‚ “Puritan ministers convinced the congregations
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Reasoning Behind the Salem Witch Trials Christianity: it is a religion that is meant to unify people under God’s rule. It is meant to be a religion of peace and sanctity. The 1692 Puritan colony in Salem‚ Massachusetts was anything but peaceful. The Salem Witch Trials had ensued‚ and led to the killings of nearly twenty people. All this chaos was started due to an unofficial government‚ disease and famine‚ and patriarchal gender roles. During the beginning of the Salem Witch Trials‚ there was no solid
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INTRODUCTION The Salem witch trials took place in colonial Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693. More than two hundred people were accused of performing witchcraft and twenty of the two hundred were executed. Abigail Williams aged 12 was the initial accuser of the Salem Witch trials. She was the first person alongside her cousin Betty to accuse a women of being a witch. This was the start of the trial. Abigail Williams born in 1680 lived with her uncle Reverend Samuel Parris‚ not much is known as
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Women Were Primarily Victims of Witch-Hunting and They did not Exercise any Significant Agency/power through the Process of Witch trials. A well-established definition of a victim is a person who has been attacked‚ or injured by someone else and someone who is harmed by an unpleasant event. In addition‚ the reference to the word ‘significant’ in this thesis argument is an important qualifier. The word significant‚ being a subjective term‚ allows this author to argue women did not have significant
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In Rosalyn Schanzer´s Witches! The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem‚ extreme disorder in civilization took place due to massive amounts of unjust witch accusations. In early 1692‚ mass chaos struck Salem Village‚ Massachusetts. In a ravenous sprint to gain revenge and play a game of kill-or-be-killed‚ approximately 200 people were accused of witchcraft. 20 of these were executed. Families turned on each other‚ civilians accused one another of unimaginable things‚ and all because of two
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Did the Salem Witch Trials and The Holocaust have many things in common? For example‚ not only did both events kill innocent people‚ it destroyed communities. These events still affects today’s life as well. The Holocaust‚ meaning “sacrifice by fire” in 1933‚ became one of the most famous genocides known to man (Holocaust Encyclopedia). More than six million jews were killed (Holocaust Encyclopedia). Not only jews were killed in the holocaust‚ but only jews were gassed. Thousands of others died
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