The Salem witch trials was a trial based on the principles theocratic government and accusation of Witchcraft. The Salem witch trials had led to the execution of fifteen people‚ and the imprisonment of five others‚ all who died within jail. It had all started from the spread of mass hysteria. Shortly afterwards‚ people began to realize the huge folly of this type of theocratic style of government‚ and by 1697 the general of Massachusetts Court had even called for a day of fasting in respect for the
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Based in the New England town of Salem‚ Massachusetts. A group of girls were caught dancing around a fire in the forest screaming. It appeared that they had been conjuring witchcraft. The problem is that they were caught by a man named Reverend Parris. Unlucky for him his daughter Betty was apart of the group who was in the forest. The next day she appears to have fallen into a coma‚ and rumors about Witchcraft start to spread all throughout the town. With rumors spreading around the girls start
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The McCarthy Hearings are referred to as "witch-hunts" because of their similarity to the Salem witch trials. The McCarthy hearings are trials in which Senator Joe McCarthy accuses government employees of being Communists. He exaggerates and exploits the evidence and ruins many reputations just as the girls do in the Salem witch trials. The accused‚ in both cases‚ are used as scapegoats for society’s problems and the only way to escape direct punishment is to admit to guilt. Joseph
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whole story to cause hysteria with the witch trials. He took Abigail’s side in claiming a large majority of the townspeople are witches. He had the motive of keeping his materialistic personality under the radar‚ by doing that he is saving the little reputation he has and more importantly keeping him the job in which he acquires all of his money. Thomas Putnam had a bigger motive for starting these witch trials. Thomas Putnam helped spread the witch trials because he was bitter towards the Nurses and
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Andria Garza 11/30/12 English Final Draft Hysteria comparison of the Salem Witch Trials and the Holocaust During both the devastating Holocaust in the Germany and the tragic Salem Witch Trials in the small town of Salem‚ innocent people were brutally killed‚ causing hysteria among the people. Both groups of people endured hardships because of the hysteria that occurred among them. This hysteria caused people to react in ways that they would not usually act. Both of these events are very historical
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the death of Goody Nurse and John 2. Why does Abigail admit to witchcraft? She knows she can get rid of her enemies by blaming them for witchcraft too 3. How is Abigail a hypocrite? She says she loves god in act 1 but she fuels the witch trials and is seen like a devil-like character 4. Why did Abigail want the charm to hurt Elizabeth Proctor? She wanted to have John to herself 5. How is Abigail related to Parris? She is he the niece 6. How did Abigail blame Elizabeth Proctor
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Salem Witch Trials Essay Here lies a point in history that is usually passed over without a second thought‚ but in fact there are some deep truths of society in 1692 Colonial America. With little research‚ one can find that in 1692 in Massachusetts‚ a series of charges were held against a group of dangerous witches. Every researcher looking for the truth‚ though‚ should ask this serious and important question: Were the Salem Witch Trials truly fair and just? Or were they just the over-reactions
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17th Century Massachusetts and the Salem Witch Trials In January of 1692‚ the daughter and niece of Reverend Samuel Parris became ill‚ and when the children’s health did not improve‚ the village doctor William Griggs was called in to help. He swiftly diagnosed the girls with bewitchment and the famous witch trials of Salem took off. Salem had recently had an epidemic of Small Pox and had always had a strong belief in the Devil. These two factors added with the constant fear of attack from warring
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Tianlian Zeng 10/13/12 Period:4 The greed of Mr. Putnam When an inidiviudal has done something wrong‚ he will give himself a reason to excuse his wrongdoings. He will not think about what motivated the course of his action or the consequence of his action. He will not think about how it affects the innocent people. As time passes‚ his goodness will be gone‚ and he will feel as if his crimes were ordinary. In "The Crucible‚" one of the influential character that directly related to this
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There was once a small town called Salem‚ it had been home to many witches‚ warlocks‚ supernatural ghosts and creatures that you would hear in many horror stories until one day all of them had been slaughtered and burnt down by the travellers who call themselves humans and settled down in this town of Salem and called it ‘Shadow valley’ which was situated in north Carolina. Centuries later‚ Shadow valley was like any normal town and its past histories of witches‚ ghosts‚ warlocks and so on‚ were
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