How Did The Witch Occur In The Wizard Of Oz

The word “witch” itself is quite frightening. When the word “witch” first comes to your mind what do you think of? You’re probably thinking of a woman with magic powers, typically for evil, wearing all black with a pointed hat, flying on a broomstick, creating potions in her cast-iron cauldron. This is the stereotypical image of witches. Witches are depicted to be ugly with wart covered long pointy noses, but we have also seen depictions of witches that are seen as beautiful and thought to be “good” witches. The most known story of these two-polar opposite depictions of witches occurs in the book “The Wizard of Oz”. In “The Wizard of Oz” we see the evil Wicked Witch of the West as she torments Dorothy during her journey to get to Emerald City. Then there is The

Governor Phips then established a Superior Court of Judicature, which was not able to use spectral evidence (Wallenfeldt). As the trials came to an end in May 1693 a total of nineteen people had been hanged and another five had died in custody. After the trials had ended in January of 1697 the General Court of Massachusetts had declared a day of fasting and contemplation for the tragedy that had resulted from the trials. That same month a judge during the trials publicly admitted his own error and guilt in what occurred. In 1702 the General Court declared the trials were unlawful and 1706 Ann Putnam Jr. apologized for her role as an accuser during the trials. It was not until 1957 that the state of Massachusetts formally apologized for the trials and not until 2011 the last 11 convicted were fully exonerated. The corruption of the courts during Salem witch trials would change the in U.S. court procedures, allowing the right to legal representation, the right to cross-examine accusers, and being innocent until proven guilty