talk / be heard‚ the truth will not be seen / acknowledged. 3. What is Mary Warren now prepared to tell the court Mary Warren is prepared to the court that the girls have only been sporting‚ or pretending. They honestly have never seen or known a witch and theyve only lied to protect themselves by throwing suspicion on others. 4. What two facts about John Proctor does Ezekiel Cheever feel compelled to reveal to Danforth Ezekiel Cheever feels compelled to tell Deputy Governor Danforth that John
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The mock witch trial which our class ran was a perfect representation of the crucible. Proctor says “Damn this village” pg 142‚ and “Damn the Deputy Governor” pg 77 The Crucible. These are two good ways of describing our experience. The charges against the accused were nonsense‚ but what was more ridiculous was when the judges believed it. The Salem witch trials were similar to our experience in the way that people were falsely accused‚ false confessions were made to save lives‚ and there was little
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The Salem Witch Trials- Notes Hammer of Witches (Malleusficarum) –book about finding witches Salem village/town Puritans believe everyones fate is determined before they are born Destined for heaven or hell? Puritan women were dosile silent; women were more likely to join the devils cause if they were lustful‚ knowing forbidden knowledge Witch hunt 1692 12-20 Christian girls who listened to Tituba’s tales acted in strange ways in trances‚ picked with pins‚ wanting to commit suicide/ screaming
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writing this report today to explain the major reasons behind the horrific witchcraft trials that took place in Salem‚ Massachusetts in the years 1692 and 1693. For years this event has been ignored. However‚ after analyzing the evidence in the case‚ I have some startling news to share. First‚ I will explain to you several theories that make the most sense. Then‚ I will tell you what I believe caused the Salem community to respond in such a cruel and violent way. Could a disease have caused
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Trials today compared to the Salem witch trials of the 1690’s are different in many ways‚ as you may already know. Compared to then we have way more freedoms and privileges that some people take advantage of. Even though they are both places for justice‚ but they differ in the way you are defended‚ how the public opinion effected your trial‚ and religious bias. During the Salem witch trials the defense you receive was very limited. When you where arrested it was solely based on accusation and no
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be a trial. When the outbreak broke out everyone was so scared and just started to accuse people in the village if they did one wrong move. There were more people getting charged and going to jail then there was of people getting sent to the gallow’s. When it all broke out it scared people‚ the aftermath was sad for families who were in it and the possible causes of why it started all line up. Spring of 1692 in Salem village‚ Massachusetts was where the Salem witch trials took place ("Salem Witch
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IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION OF SOURCES This investigation will focus on the question “To what extent did gender roles have an effect on the Salem witch trials?” and will analyze to what extent gender roles affected the Salem witch trials. The first key 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
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The New Nation Forms The Witches of Salem/The Salem Witch Trials “The devil came to me and bid me serve him” (Blumburg). According to Jess Blumburg‚ a writer and a historian‚ these were the words that started the Salem witch trials. Tituba was a slave living with the Parris family when she was swept away into the nonsense that was the Salem witch trials. The Salem witch trials happened in Massachusetts in 1692 and 1693. Around 200 people‚ in the town of salem‚ were accused of witchcraft‚ and twenty
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English 1302.040 Research Paper: Hysteria and Fear during the Salem Witch Trials The Salem Witch Trials was a mass hysteria of executions and accusations. The fear was caused by the hysteria of women being bewitched and bewitching others. This is such a controversial event‚ and it’s hardly applicable to prove if the events leading to the Witch Trials were accurate. So I ask‚ “What were the causes of the Salem Witch Trials‚ and the events leading up to the causes?” Although the question is
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English 111H Period 4 March 3‚ 2013 The Salem Witch Trial When people think about The Salem Witch Trial‚ the first thing that comes to mind is “oh it ’s just a bunch of wannabe witches being killed.” But in reality they were innocent people being accused by a bunch of little girls trying to get got of trouble. People were very suspicious and paranoid about everything back then-if a few people in the village suddenly became ill‚ it was because of a "witch". Remember‚ they had no science to explain
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