accusations made against him‚ which resulted in a defamation of his character and being discouraged with Puritan Society. During the play‚ John Proctor was accused of being a bad Puritan‚ and not knowing all of the 10 commandments. He was also accused of witchcraft by his diabolical teenage ex-servant‚ and was also accused of leading a faction against Reverend Parris. His wife‚ Elizabeth Proctor‚ was accused of practicing voodoo and for stabbing Abigail Williams (the diabolical servant) with a needle‚ hidden
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At the time‚ having an affair with Abigail Williams may have seemed like a good idea but little did John Proctor know it would be the cause of his very own death. Living in a town built on religion and living the proper way it was a very absurd move to make. Abigail Williams is a young woman living in Salem with her uncle and young cousin Betty. Before living with her uncle‚ Abigail was a servant in the Proctor household. Abigail was soon dismissed by Goody Proctor after the affair. Abigail held
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As the trials go on‚ Reverend HAle begins to notice just how ridiculous and false the girl’s accusations were. In a short period of time‚ Reverend Hale loses faith in witchcraft and evolves into a more cynical man. In the beginning of the play‚ Reverend Hale is a pompous and knowledgeable man who seeks to end any type of witchcraft in Salem. In Act 1‚ “His goal is light‚ goodness‚ and it’s preservation” (Miller 30). This gives the reader the impression that Hale has trained to be the best witch
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records Boyer and Nissenbaum discovered a long-standing pattern of contentious behavior of which the witchcraft accusations in 1692 was just one episode. Their analysis provides an invaluable insight into the social history of New England generally‚ and the factions of Salem Village that led to the tragic events of 1692‚ in particular. Boyer and Nissenbaum’s explanation for the outbreak of witchcraft accusations in Salem hinges on an understanding of the economic‚ political and personal
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the witch craze and that is that there is a certain type of individual that was singled out as a witch. The majority of of accused witches were female(Witchcraft Statistics‚ doc 2) and mostly over 50 years old(Witchcraft Statistics doc 3). The witch craze concentrated on elderly women who more often than not were from a low social class (Witchcraft Statistics‚ doc 1.). A combination of religious beliefs‚ social prejudices and cultural precepts helped heighten the already rampant witch persecution
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dance in that place. Reverend Parris begins to ask his daughter what she doing as dancing is considered witchcraft. Some of the girls begin to get sick and Rebecca Nurse can help them. Reverend Hale is called to try and find witchcraft in these girls. The girls start accusing people of seeing them with the devil and so do the other girls causing it to spread around the town that there is witchcraft and talking to the devil are real. People start to be arrested and charged. Mary Warren starts to participate
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doings. "It was a loose-loose" for the accused individuals. People would often accuse other individuals of witchcraft because they had disagreements or issues; it was a way for individuals to eliminate competition. The executioners were very wealthy‚ and their wife’s dress and appearance would be as sophisticated as that of the wives of gentlemen. In addition‚ individuals would force witchcraft on people until they did something that was in the least bit of the Devil. Secondly‚ the opinion of religious
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level-headed local farmer who valued his public reputation over his better judgment to challenge the accusations driven by hysteria and put an end to the trials. In the scene at Parris’s house‚ Proctor misses an opportunity to stop the consideration of witchcraft as the source of Betty’s illness‚ due to his fear of admitting his amoral relationship with Abigail. His secret relationship with Abigail threatens to diminish his moral standing and influence in the community‚ as well as‚ damage his perception
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out about their secret activities‚ so they began to act strange and go into convulsions. The girls were afraid of being condemned‚ so they “howled‚ thrashed about‚ and rolled around on the floor” to get other women charged with guilty verdicts of witchcraft
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the author has discussed the role of witchcraft in the Zande belief system. From the author’s depictions‚ the Azande often attribute their misfortunes to witchcraft. This raises the erroneous speculation that due to a lack of knowledge regarding the natural causes‚ the Azande are unable to distinguish the natural causes from the supernatural causes and that‚ as a result‚ the Azande are more primitive (and less advanced) than the Europeans (Evans-Pritchard 18; 30). This particular speculation stems
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