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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you sold yourself to Lucifer?” (Miller 1106). Abigail Williams is a seventeen year old niece of Reverend Parris. Abigail lies to conceal her affair‚ and to prevent charges of witchcraft. In order to avoid severe punishment for casting spells and adultery Abigail shifts the focus away from herself by accusing others of witchcraft. This desperate act of self-defense soon becomes Abigail’s path of power. Abigail is not a victim of her own society in Salem but outside forces have compelled her to perform
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Witchcraft confessions and demonology Jean Bodin was one of the most esteemed European writers on satanic witchcraft‚ and also among the most radical. With his De la Demononomanie des Sorciers‚ Jean Bodin attacks the sceptics of demonology as much as the legions of demons and execrable witches’ supposedly plotting universal destruction. He deduces a whole chapter in his book to witches confessions. Some judges hesitated to condemn witches as their stories were so strange that they must be ‘fables’
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The noose swung back and forth. Another execution had taken place in Salem in 1692‚ the victim falsely accused of witchcraft. Why were citizens fearful enough the killed others? The Salem witch trials were caused by poor‚ young girls who acted possessed because they were jealous of the rich. These girls hated being bossed around‚ so they pretended to be controlled by witches‚ who were the rich people they were jealous of. According to document B‚ the young girls didn’t want to be told what to
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responsible for the deaths in Salem. In the first act‚ Reverend Parris pushes Abigail‚ his niece‚ to admit to conjuring spirits in the woods. In the beginning‚ he sees Abigail‚ Tituba‚ and other girls in the woods dancing‚ and he assumes that it was witchcraft. He confronts Abigail about the situation‚ and she denies all of it. Because of this‚ he uses guilt to push her into confessing. To illustrate‚ Parris states‚ “you have compromised my very character. I have given you a home‚ child‚ I have put clothes
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in the woods and trying to conjure the boys they all liked‚ she tried to kill Elizabeth Proctor with a curse. In her eyes if Elizabeth were dead and gone then John would be with her. A little later in the play we will see her accuse Elizabeth of witchcraft. She stabbed herself with a needle and then told Reverend Parris (her uncle) that Elizabeth Proctor’s spirit had done it. Abigail watched Mary Waren make a poppet in court that day and seen her stick a
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It was the late 1600’s and people of strong religion in Salem‚ Massachusetts were becoming oddly stricken by recent events regarding the practice of witchcraft. Through this period of time twenty people were executed due to mere assumption to have been involved in witchcraft or Devil worship. Living through these events and making accounts of them were two men by the names‚ Cotton Mather and John Hale. Both Cotton Mather and John Hale‚ influential Puritan Ministers‚ were supporters of the Salem Witch
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world where people saw the Devil lurking behind every misfortune‚ it is little wonder they believed evil spirits were at work. But there may have been stronger factors behind the witch hunts—the Puritan lifestyle‚ a strong belief in the Devil and witchcraft‚ the divisions within Salem Village‚ and the expectations of
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Shakespeare included them to please King James. The witches also play a significant part in the moral of the play: witches are not to be trusted. Finally‚ Modern audiences still find the witches thrilling although many people no longer believe in witchcraft. The witches have an important role in the storyline or plot of the play. They affect Macbeth’s state of mind and encourage him‚ ultimately‚ to do actions he would have dubitably done on his own. During their first encounter with Macbeth‚ the witches
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Gerard Scharfenberger over his findings at the First Baptist Church in Holmdel‚ New Jersey. Instead of colonial literary evidence to compare with Hopkins in England‚ Dr. Scharfenberger detailed tangible artifacts found that were meant to prevent witchcraft‚ one being an entombed cat in the church entryway. I found no evidence of this sort of practice in Hopkins’s book. However‚ I did find this practice being discussed as part of rural English folklore in other secondary sources. Although the influence
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