The accusation of more than 200 people was mainly caused by a young girl. Abigail Williams was responsible for the witchcraft hysteria in Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ 1962. She would be responsible for the imprisonment and execution of innocent people. She did various things that were wrong and affected the lives of so many people. She not only lied on so many persons but she also threatened people to go along with her play. To begin with in the play “ The Crucible ” it states that Abigail Williams
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In the play‚ “The Crucible‚” by Arthur Miller‚ John Proctor is portrayed as a tormented individual whose flaws inevitably lead him to his own destruction. Proctor’s lust for Abigail Williams is the instigator of the hysteria surrounding the witch trails. During the Salem Witch trials‚ Proctor tries to convince the court that the trial are fraudulent‚ he is then thrown into the mix of a corrupt society with greedy preachers‚ landowners trying to steal land‚ and a young girl infatuated with him and
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Black Plague Did you know that doctors in the medieval ages turned to astrology to explain the black plague? Or that people made conspiracy theories such as‚ “Jews are harming the Christians by poisoning wells.” When in reality‚ 14th century medicine was not advanced enough to prevent the disease. To summarize‚ the black plague (or bubonic plague) was; a deadly disease‚ so toxic that doctors could not prevent it‚ and killed many‚ especially those in poor health already. To first understand the
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In the town of Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ during the summer months of 1692‚ over 200 people were accused of being bewitched and associating with the Devil. Within the matter of months‚ 20 people were put to death and seven died in jail. The event‚ which has come to be known as the Salem Witch Trials‚ stopped after September 22‚ when eight people were hanged‚ on what was named Gallows Hill‚ an event that marked the decline of the Salem Witch paranoia. Although the paranoia was such a drastically important
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It just goes to show how fast rumors can spread. Arthur Miller wrote about The Crucible because he wanted to show how close it was to the Red Scare‚ and that people would be questioned without proof. The point of this book is to demonstrate how hysteria and rumors can cause people a lot of problems‚ which in this case caused several people
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separate himself from the puritans one sided thinking‚ he held to his integrity and died honorably. Reverend John Hale and John Proctor both thought they could reverse the hysteria in salem‚ they didn’t understand the forces that were against them. Hale in chapter one comes to salem as the spirit doctor to evaluate the witchcraft activity in salem‚ he thought anything he found in salem‚ he had encountered‚ during the progress of the book‚ he changed from a mind so stern‚ to a rounded mind that inevitably
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(Dictionary/Reference) Hysteria was the first mental disorder attributed to women and only women. A catch-all for symptoms including‚ but by no means limited to: nervousness‚ hallucinations‚ emotional outbursts and various urges of the sexual variety. Which when one reads the novel
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With integrity‚ you will do the right thing‚ so you will have no guilt.” –Zig Ziglar In Arthur Miller’s‚ “The Crucible‚” the town of Salem is plagued by the hysteria of witches. In an attempt to end the madness‚ and condemn the cause of it all‚ Abigail Williams‚ John Proctor confessed to lechery‚ only to be thrown into jail for witchcraft. In the end‚ when given the chance to lie to save his life; he refused and died for the truth. John Proctor was motivated not to confess because of his pride‚
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Sorcery in Salem began its mass hysteria in January 1692 when Dr. William Griggs diagnosed the first girls with being “bewitched”. He was the only physician in the village and since his educational background is unknown‚ we do not know exactly what education he has in the medical field but we assume that he had some medical training since he was the doctor in the village. Both of the young girls that was diagnosed as “bewitched” was Reverend Samuel Parris’s own daughter and niece. (Lawson‚ 2007)
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Massachusetts. What starts with several girls practicing European white magic in the woods escalates to a massive hysteria‚ with the "afflicted" girls falsely accusing even the respected women in the community of being witches. Eager to "utterly crush the servants of the devil"‚ church leaders and townspeople insist on trying the accused. The punishment for failing to confess to witchcraft is death by hanging. In the end‚ many are hanged for imaginary crimes‚ for which no actual proof is ever presented
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