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    This paper will be about how fear will make you make choices based on your belief. In this country‚ we have the opportunity to make choices on our own because not everyone have the same belief‚ so therefore we do not have fear. In the stories that we read‚ we can see that they didn’t have that opportunity because they had to follow certain beliefs. If they committed some crime they would be punished for their actions. Fear can influence decisions‚ beliefs‚ and change a person’s thought whether if

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    2014 Kennedy (2012) The Influence of History and Puritanism on Young Goodman Brown Retrieved from http://sakridge.umwblogs.org/portfolio/the-influence-of-history-and-puritanism-on-young-goodman-brown/ on 14 February 2014 Linder‚ Douglas (2009) The Witchcraft Trials in Salem: A Commentary Retrieved from http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/SAL_ACCT.HTM on 13 February 2014 McCabe‚ Micheal (1998) The Consequences of Puritan Depravity and Distrust as Historical Context for Hawthorne ’s "Young

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    more interested in saving money than souls. Miller demonstrates the way that small‚ seemingly incidental conflict can quickly escalate into major and catastrophic conflict with devastating consequences. He shows what an atmosphere fuelled by hysteria can create and the destructive forces that humans possess when they instinctively try to protect themselves. Miller also shows us the futile and petty nature of prejudice and he criticises the actions taken by those who punish others who are different

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    new thoughts‚ knowledge‚ philosophy‚ and so on. However‚ dark histories‚ stories‚ and tales lie within this bountiful time. The belief in witches and witchcraft was supposed to have been an accepted truth of life in Shakespeare’s era but instead they were executed. Many people‚ intellectual and commoner alike‚ spoke for the existence of witchcraft seeing its demonic ways as something palpable. Yet others opposed it‚ saying that it was a mere fancy and fantasy of man’s imagination. Life for mostly

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    Salem Witch Trials DBQ The Salem Witch Trials‚ of 1692‚ occurred in Salem Massachusetts. This is a case where people accused other people of witchcraft. Salem was a town governed by strict Puritan religion‚ and to have such a charge labeled against you could cost you your life. There were many worldly reasons for the events that happened so many years ago. In this essay‚ I will explain why I think this tragedy occurred. One of the reasons why I think this took place was because of social problems

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    Sir William Phips’s own wife had been accused of being a witch and participating in witchcraft. (Norton‚ 2002) This finally gave the governor a reason to figure everything out and investigate. Sir William Phips declared that no person would be allowed to stand up in court and testify to seeing spirits that nobody else could see. Without “spectral evidence” no one else could be convicted of participating in witchcraft. (Yolen‚ 2004) The following spring‚ Sir William Phips ended the Salem Witch Trials

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    source is “Salem Witchcraft Trials: The Perception of Women in History‚ Literature and Culture” by Ana Kocić‚ which is useful to this investigation because Kocić’s main focus is on female roles and she does great research to back up her statements. The second key source is “The Diary of Samuel Sewall‚ 1674-1729” which is particularly useful to this investigation as it was written by somebody who was not only present during the trials‚ but took part in them. Source: “Salem Witchcraft Trials:

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    miserable would be a gross understatement. The legal system that Cesare Beccaria advocated reform of was plagued in injustice and corruption‚ this was one of the leading factors for the terrible conditions in Europe. Attributing the witch trials to mass hysteria‚ socioeconomic problems and division between the people is fair. However‚ religious zealots should take most of the responsibility. As the first

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    “The blackest chapter in the history of Witchcraft lies not in the malevolence of Witches but in the deliberate‚ gloating cruelty of their prosecutors.” When Theda Kenyon made this observation she was thinking about the atrocious behavior and actions that took place in Salem in 1692. During this tragic event neighbors were turned against one another and no bond was sacred. The men and women of Salem faced accusations from all directions and often the accusers were their close friends‚ business

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    played a vital role in why she reacted the way she did throughout the play. She also had to contend with the mishap of loving a married man and the fantasy of him returning that love. These few emotional tragedies are probably a key factor in the hysteria that overtook Salem. They drove her to seek the attention that was attained by acting the way she did. If she and the other girls alone had the

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