Character Analysis: The Salem Witch Trials

Long ago back in the 1692 in Massachusetts, when a group of young girls started to act a little too strange, in that small town, word got spread that it wasnt something medical that was behind the girls acting weird, it was said that they had been dealing with something far more evil. The devil himself. Back then, everyone were avid church goers. They were all heavily invested in God. The big man. They were all big followers in the bible and the rules they all followed the rules so that no one is considered a sinner. Adultery was a crime, Lust, and other ones. However, one of the biggest ones was witchcraft.. That was considered one of the most sinful things in that small town and it was huge back then. The small town (village) had been taking action to rid of evil. They had been fasting (meaning taken something out of their lives, it could mean like food, meat. Reading, anything at all). The big thing that got people in trouble, was speculation. To save themselves, and their reputation, Abigail and Betty placed blame a save named Tituba. They said she was friends with the devil himself and they had seen her talk to him face to face. In (Salem Witch Trials) it states that 9 year old Elizabeth (also goes by Betty) and a servant to the

Identify witches.By that i mean, they would rather really check to see if someone was a witch, but even it was a lie, people sadly had to pay the price. here were a couple of steps when it came to identifying a witch, Everything started with first rumors and gossip, then they got questioned and soon after executed. Unfortunately, then if there was even talk that you could supposedly be a which,they took it seriously and you didn't have time to explain why you were innocent, You were