Everyone in the town of Salem‚ MA‚ is the definition of credulous. Everything that happens in this community doesn’t need any proof for why it is right or wrong‚ if it is said it is true. No questions asked. When the girls originally blamed witchcraft for the peculiar behavior of Betty Paris‚ nobody wanted to believe that it was anything else. This is the core reason why so many people were killed during the witch-hunts. Abigail Williams‚ Elizabeth Proctor‚ and John Proctor were forever changed
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about a woman named Suzanne Gaudry‚ an illiterate woman‚ who is accused of practicing witchcraft. The charges against Suzanne include renouncing “God‚ Lent‚ and baptism.” She was also charged with worshiping the devil‚ attending witches’ Sabbaths‚ and desecrating the Eucharist wafer. Suzanne was questioned by the court of Rieux‚ France‚ strapped down‚ and basically forced to confess that she practiced witchcraft. Later‚ she recanted this statement‚ and stated that she was no lover of (the devil)
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trials. Salem is and forever will be the grounds that were stained with the bloodshed of many innocent lives. Back in the 1600s in Salem‚ Massachusetts more than 200 innocent people were accused of witchcraft. This fear of witchcraft swept throughout Salem. The people that were accused of Witchcraft had some sort of unusual characteristic about them that made them stand out from the others. “More people began displaying signs of affliction...Those from all walks of life‚rich and poor‚farmer and
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village. However‚ the Porters were located in the eastern portion of Salem’s village and benefited from rich soil and Salem’s town prosperity. This caused bitterness between the two families and led the less fortunate Putnam family to make false witchcraft accusations towards residents living in the eastern section. A map of Salem Village in 1692 also shows that more than half of the accused witches came from the
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On June 2‚ on a witchcraft case‚ Bridget Bishop was found guilty and hanged‚ the next month five more people were hanged‚ five more in August and another nine more in the following month. Some of the accused women‚ died in prison. By 1963‚ the accusations were not believed anymore‚ May Phips had forgiven and released all those in prison waiting to be executed for witchcraft charges. Samuel Sewall‚ one of the leading members of the court apologized
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The Azande people live between the longest river in the world‚ the Nile river‚ and the Congo river on a continental divide that separates the two drainage basins. This is located in Africa on the borders of Central African Republic and South Sudan. The area of land is fairly big at approximately 1‚200 miles long with many streams and different rivers running through‚ tall trees on the river banks‚ and much grass land. This divide was made 1885 when the Europeans created a boundary British influences
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people of witchcraft even if they are innocent. With all of the characters in The Crucible
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said she didn’t have any dolls but she did. John and Elizabeth were trialed in the court but they couldn’t get the truth out of Mary Warren. So they were sentenced to death. I think John Proctor had the most courage because he wasn’t really into witchcraft he was just expressing the
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witches was through physical eradication. The start of the manuscript came from his experience in witchcraft trials in Upper Germany. Kramer’s views on witchcraft and activities weren’t well received wherever he went‚ particularly authorities that believed he was merely interfering with the local administration. Annoyed at the opposition‚ he obtained papal rights for Pope Innocent VIII’s witchcraft prosecutions through the papal bull Summis desiderantes affectibus in 1484‚ which gave him authorization
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The Salem Witch Trial The Salem Witchcraft was a series of undesirable events‚ which was powered by paranoia and fear. Though several witch trials occurred before the Salem Witch Trial‚ this was the most well known of all. Many innocent people were accused of witchcraft which resulted to 19 men and women that were hanged‚ 17 innocents that died in unsanitary prisons‚ and an 80-year old man that was crushed to death by putting stones on top of his stomach until he confesses (movie: The Crucible)
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