The Salem witch trials started in 1692 in Salem village, Massachusetts and resulted in many deaths. Fear was a common feeling at this time in Salem. It all starts with a little girl getting sick and all of a sudden many victims were in danger. The Salem witch trials had a very agonizing effect and consist of false possession, devil worship, and false accusation. False possession that was caused by the girls who were supposedly possessed by witches feared the townspeople. People were afraid more people would become possessed so they felt they needed to find and destroy the source. Everyone was scared thinking that witches were roaming around and they wanted to do something about it so they started thinking of people who could be working for the devil. Nobody knows of other possible diseases that could have been possible causing the “possession” so they concluded to witches. Nobody recognized the symptoms the children were showing as any other …show more content…
Since there was a war going on less than 70 miles away people believed that the devil was near. When rumors spread about the possession people believed it more because they believed the devil was near with the war going on and it made them even more suspicious and more sure that witches were causing the possessions.Some people worshiped the devil and thought that the witches were to do his work for him. When Tituba was on trial she said that the devil approached her and told her to sign a contract that would make her do his work. She admitted that she was a witch. She said she tried to go to counseling but the devil blocked her way.When Mary Sibel (tituba’s neighbor) suggested a type of counter magic suspicions got higher.Tituba’s neighbor, Mary sibel, suggested a type of counter magic which was to bake a special kind of cake and feed it to the dog. After Tituba did it, she became more of a