Spring 2015 Speech Outline Topic: 1692 Salem Witch Trials Purpose: After listening to my speech‚ the audience will have a better insight on trails‚ how they were started‚ what happened during the trials‚ the aftermath of the trials‚ possible reasons for the sicknesses the women exhibited‚ and why the trials occurred in the first place. Thesis: One of the most famous cases of mass hysteria broke out in Salem‚ Massachusetts. The 1692 Salem Witch Trials forever changed our judicial system. Introduction
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Can you recall anyone in history who had extreme beliefs? In Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible‚” which talks about the Salem witch trials‚ there are parallels to the McCarthy era because‚ they were both very tense times. People were being accused of conspiring and had to face consequences for actions they might have not even done. People were being falsely accused of conspiring against God. In Salem the people were very avid about their religion‚ therefor being accused of witchcraft was as to be conspiring
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Sarah Good‚ then asked all of the afflicted children to look upon her and see if this was the person that had hurt them so. They all gazed at Goody Good and said that this was the person that tormented thempresently they were all tormented.<br><br>Puritanical beliefs had all of Salem truly believing that witches rode on broomsticks across the sky every night alongside the devil himself. They believed that these mere humans could send their "specter" out and haunt the children of their town. Proof of
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Mass madness‚ also known as mass hysteria‚ has occurred for centuries around the world. One of the most famous cases in the history of mass hysteria is the Salem Witch Trials. Interestingly‚ there was another outbreak of mass hysteria in the same town‚ now known as Danvers‚ Massachusetts instead of Salem Village‚ in 2013. Instead of accusing community members of witchcraft‚ a group of teenagers at the Essex Agricultural and Technical School reported inexplicable symptoms such as uncontrollable vocal
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What caused the Salem Witch Trial Hysteria in 1692? "Though shalt not suffer a witch to live"(Bible)! The people of Puritan faith in 1692 concluded they should kill witches with no mercy. In the 1600’s‚ immigrants arrived in the New England colonies. Countless immigrants practiced the Puritan belief. The Puritans believed the Bible was the word of God; they assumed all concepts written were true. The Bible proclaimed killing witches is all right. In 1692‚ in the Puritan town of Salem‚ there was a mass
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see the salem witch trials as being one of the biggest misunderstandings in American history and is still widely talked about however people are still not fully aware of what actually took place. So … what is the salem witch trials? The Salem Witch Trials starts off with an English Colony moving to America and starting the Massachusetts Bay Colony. During this time many people had brought the belief in witchcraft from england. There was a lot of anxiety amongst the settlements they were afraid of
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innocent people have been accused and persecuted for things they haven’t done. During certain situations and times‚ people were used as escape goats. The people accused‚ usually ended up with the “bad end of the stick”. The Salem Witch Trials‚ The Red Scare‚ and Pearl Harbor are all events in history when people were profiled and treated unfairly‚ and we can learn from these events. During the Salem Witch Trials‚ many people were profiled and treated and unfairly. In the town of Salem‚ the Reverend was
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This quote also tells us that the puritan people were very serious about the ridding of evil which we see later when the hangings begin. With all of the books and knowledge that the puritans have they know they can stop to Devil and his followers. “Make your peace with it! Now Hell and Heaven grapple on our backs‚ and all our old pretense is ripped away – make your peace! Peace. It is providence‚ and no great change; we are only what we always were‚ but naked now. Aye‚ naked! And the wind‚ God’s
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parallels can be made when comparing the Salem witch trials and the history of the LGBT movements in America. Many laws‚ bans‚ and unspoken rules were implemented onto minorities. In history‚ gay people have been persecuted for not only their sexuality but for being gender non conforming. Over the course of the 20th century great strides have been made in reducing the discrimination of those who do not conform‚ yet there are still progresses to be made. Those who are not cisgender and heterosexual have
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similarities. One could say that Guantanamo Bay and the legal process/human rights aspects of the Salem witch trials are insanely similar but very different. They are right-there are many similarities and difference between the two. Guantanamo Bay is a detention camp to keep prisoners that are supposedly linked to terrorism held captive while they are caught during war. Now‚ for the Salem witch trials puritans were all about God and making sure that if you are not with God you are with the Devil. Although
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