The witchcraft trials in Salem in 1692 were a result of many different elements that were going on within the town. Jealousy was the cornerstone of the mass hysteria that soon became known as the Salem witch trials. In his play‚ The Crucible‚ Miller demonstrates how the fear of people in authority can destroy a community by bringing it to mass hysteria through the characters of Parris‚ Putnam‚ and Proctor. Reverend Parris‚ the minister in Salem‚ fears the people of the town to a point where he
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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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WITCH HUNTS THROUGHOUT HISTORY Witch Hunts were one of the harshest hunts in history. Although these hunts were very harsh‚ they were very common. They were a search for people who accused of being a witch. In most cases‚ it was fairly easy to get out of accusations‚ as long as you could blame someone else. “Throughout history there were several cases of these so-called‚ witch hunts.” THE HARTFORD WITCH TRIALS One of the very first witch hunts that happened in America‚ took place in Hartford‚ Connecticut
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Mass Hysteria. Hysteria describes a state of mind‚ one of unmanageable fear or emotional excess. Mass hysteria refers to a condition affecting a group of persons‚ characterized by excitement or anxiety‚ irrational behaviour or beliefs or inexplicable symptoms of illness. History is said to repeat itself‚ and in the case of hysteria this seems to be a certainty. Over thousands of years numerous events have began a whirlwind of mass hysteria blowing situations out of proportion escalating to extreme
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What Caused Secession? Before the Civil War began in 1861‚ there were major factors that led to the secession of the southern states. These factors affected the people of America tremendously due to slavery and racial segregation. Three significant factors that led the eleven southern states to secede from the Union were abolitionists (Doc. 5)‚ Kansa-Nebraska Act‚ and the election of 1860 (Doc. 1). During the period of slave existence‚ abolitionists began to rebel against the situation (Doc
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Hysteria The state of hysteria in a society can spread faster than a brush fire‚ and be more dangerous then a San Francisco earthquake. There is a process of four combined steps that will ultimately lead to this disaster; a fearful event‚ promotion of the event‚ attacks due to pretense‚ and total panic and chaos. Webster’s dictionary defines hysteria as a state of unmanageable fear or excess. The process of hysteria is initiated by an event which brings fear‚ and will eventually cause social unrest
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Survival and Hysteria in "The Crucible": Hysteria tears apart the community. Hysteria replaces common sense and allows the people to believe that their neighbors‚ whom they have always considered respectable people‚ are committing illogical and unbelievable crimes-- communicating with the devil‚ killing babies‚ and more. In "The Crucible"‚ the townsfolk accept and become active in the hysterical atmosphere not only out of true religious devoutness (God doesn’t allow interacting with the devil)
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years‚ leaving over one-half million deaths‚ destruction‚ and great sectional hatred‚ has affected our country till today. The great question is what caused the southern states to secede? If slavery truly was the culprit behind this‚ if it was to what extent was it? Was the person leading our country at the time in fault for southern secession? If any what were other factors? All of these questions are still debated today. Southern believed that slaves were their property‚ and that they had the
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A witch trial at mount Holly: Franklin’s mockery toward puritan beliefs. In “A Witch Trial at Mount Holly”‚ Benjamin Franklin illustrates what for an uneducated interpreter could seem as a legit historical event engaging a series of witch trials that transpired in a specific period of time. It is certain that an actual report never took place and that it is nothing but an elaborate hoax. However‚ Franklin’s true intentions of persuasion are exposed as he‚ through the usage of a distinct and profound
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18th century. A new time era known as "The Enlightenment" came about which brought many advances in medicine‚ science‚ botany‚ and education. Also‚ the "Great Awakening"‚ a time of great religious revival flourished. A well known event‚ the Salem Witch Trials were known as an essential turning point in history. It showed how religion and government changed through history. British America became a more stable environment with mixed results due to these turning points. "The Enlightenment" was a period
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