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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have suffered from hysteria because of their strict religious rules but the others were faking. I think what happened to the rest of the young girls’‚ claming witch and devil forces over them‚ was not hysteria but instead a game and trick they played for attention and due to massive boredom. Mass hysteria is a good term to label the witch hunts event because it’s rapid spread of panic in the community. But
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may therefore be taken as creations of my own‚ drawn to the best of my ability in conformity with their known behavior‚ except as indicated in the commentary I have written for this text." Because I’ve been working with the materials of the Salem Witch Trails of 1692 for so long as an academic historian‚ many people have asked me if I’ve seen the play or film The Crucible‚ and what I think of it. Miller created works of art‚ inspired by the actual events for the artistic/political purposes Miller
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*** “The Witch‚ the florist‚ and the Lover” Rumor spread across the village that a terrible raven witch had turned the heads of people upside down. She was once a beautiful person with clear‚ pale skin‚ with red apple lips‚ beady caramel eyes‚ and a body out of this world‚ people thought of her as the daughter of Aphrodite. Theories that were supported by the fact that she had only lived with her father and never met her mother. She was named Abigail‚ as father’s joy. When her father died‚ of
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Crucible Essay Throughout the novel The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller describes how being put thought the Salem witch trials of 1692 brought out the true essence of various characters. Arthur Miller shows that the various victims who were put through trials would confess to save themselves and also the difficulties they had to face during their trial period. Characters like John Proctor‚ Giles Corey‚ and Reverend Hale were put through different kinds of trials each different from the others. Each
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Spring of 1692 in Salem village‚ Massachusetts was where the Salem witch trials took place ("Salem Witch Trials"). People noticed that a group of young girls looked to be taken over by the devil ("Salem Witch Trials"). The mayor decided to make a “witch cake” which helps the person who is possessed tell who is there tormenter ("Salem Witch Trials"). The girls said three names Sarah Osborne‚ Sarah Good‚ and Tituba Indian ("Salem Witch Trials"). Out of the three women Sarah Good was the only person who
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participate in death and destruction? There is ample evidence of both fate and free will in the play‚ and the presence of both greatly affects the interpretation of the plot and the characters. I personally believe that Romeo and Juliet are tragic figures. The characters’ personalities‚ the feud‚ and simple bad luck cause most of the problems that arise throughout the play. Tybalt indirectly causes Romeo’s exile by attempting to incite him to a duel‚ which leads to Tybalt fighting with Mercutio‚ which
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Both rulers and writers have made significant impacts on the course of European history in their own respective ways. Such rulers include Elizabeth I‚ Louis XIV‚ Peter the Great‚ and Napolean and such writers include Martin Luther‚ Issac Newton‚ and Voltaire. Martin Luther’s legacy is defined by his role in sparking the Protestant Reformation that completely changed the practice of religion throughout the world. Luther’s main complaint was how corrupt the Catholic church had become by selling
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The McCarthy Witch Hunts When most people come across the term‚ witch hunts‚ they have the common propensity to imagine Satanism‚ witches brewing magical potions‚ and the Salem Witch Trials. The McCarthy Witch Hunts usually aren’t the first thing to pop up in their heads. During the late 1950’s and early 1960’s while the United States of America was fighting in the Cold War against the Soviet Union with hopes of protecting its sovereignties and freedoms‚ the growing fear of Communism and rising
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reason on what caused the Salem Witch Trials. But‚ after looking over evidence these are the reasons the Salem Witch Trials hysteria of 1692‚ were caused by the Puritans beliefs‚ the attention seeking girls‚ and the Ergot. The first cause of the Salem Witch Trials hysteria was the Puritans beliefs in God. The Puritans beliefs were strong and it them through their whole life. The evidence proves that they take every word in the Bible serious which caused the Salem Witch Trials hysteria because the Bible
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