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Character Analysis: The Salem Witch Trials

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Salem, the town of witches and crazy Puritan families who falsely accuse men, women, and children of being witches. I, Carol Shelby, was one of the citizens of Salem. I turned the age of 38 the sunday after I was accused of witchery and I ate alone because of my appearance! I’ve always been quite a slender woman, which didn’t help my case in the slightest. Everyone avoided me because of my troublesome lazy eye and that damned mole on my nose! My appearance wasn’t the only reason I was avoided, That priest of the town called me a witch, and the townspeople believed it! I was falsely accused the day before my birthday for reasons that have no relation to witchcraft! Those so called “Followers of God” were going to burn me at the stake for being …show more content…

I had always been a bright girl, a good problem solver, and most importantly, a good prankster. However, I couldn’t carry out my plan alone, so I had another perfect idea. I thought that I couldn’t be the only accused witch in this part of town, so I searched for any accused witch I could find, man, woman or child. I remembered a few faces from the previous accusations as I hoped their trial days had not arrived yet. I started my trek to Marge Smitty’s house to start my recruiting. As I approached her door I knocked lightly, searching around for any crazy blind-God followers, that’s what I call them, and it's true. Marge opened the door with a glare, she was said to be one of the most dangerous women in town, that's why she hadn’t had her trial yet, because the blind-God followers were scared of her, she was perfect for my cause. I looked her in the eye with my good eye. “It’s important, may I come in?” I broke eye contact to scan the surroundings, making sure I was not seen. She nodded and stepped aside, allowing me inside before closing the door behind her. I looked around the small house in awe, the inside was much more eye catching than the outside. Marge interrupted my scanning abruptly. “Well!? What’s so important?” “I need your help. Those bli- Puritans are killing everyone off one by one because were supposedly witches, we need to do something about it. I

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