Many people involved in the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 are mockingbirds in history, especially the innocent women who were executed for witchcraft. Bridget Bishop, the first convicted witch to be hanged, “was a widow who lived in Salem town. [She] had a bad reputation because she had been accused of witchcraft years before and had frequent run-ins with the law. ”(Brooks, “Bridget Bishop”) When Bridget’s husband passed away she began to behave strangely, a common trait in witches.
In this article, the author, Edmund S. Morgan discussed how witch trials became an issue in the Salem Village which dispersed to other towns. The witch trials were well known in the sixteenth century. In the beginning, Morgan stated “the trials occurred at a time when the people of Massachusetts were passing through a very difficult time.” (Morgan, 47) The author clearly wanted to inform the readers that Massachusetts was already in a rough state to begin with until the witch trials came along.
ESCAPING SALEM: The Other Witch Hunt of 1692 In Richard GodBeers novel “Escaping Salem: The Other Witch Hunt of 1692” he tells of a witch trial that took place in Stamford Connecticut in 1692. GodBeer starts readers off with the setting taking place in Daniel and Abigail Wescots household. He tells of a dilemma going on in the household pertaining to their servant; Katherine Branch. She was experiencing hallucinated fits that caused her to convulse and scream in pain.
The book, Death in Salem, by Diane E. Foulds, is the story of the private lives behind the 1692 witch hunt. Death in Salem focuses on the accusers, the victims, the clergy, the judges, and the elite. There were more than one hundred and fifty accusations that year and twenty were executed. Death in Salem will make you look at the Salem witch trials of 1692 in a completely different aspect. There were three pillars of the New England life, prayers, chores, and church.
Richard Godbeer presented an excellent picture on how puritan life was structured, how it functioned, and how they perceived the super natural in this novel. Reading "Escaping Salem," I was thrown several different scenarios displaying how witchcraft was addressed in early puritan society and how they reacted towards it. The supposedly bewitching of Katherine Branch showed the reader how the people of Stamford and the court system handled the act of witchcraft. After reading this novel, I can say that I do believe the accused in the Stamford witchcraft trial received a fair trial.
The book by Rosalyn Schanzers Witches! The absolutely true tale of disaster in salem gives information about the salem witch trials. The surroundings of the trials(such as weather)changed from winter all the way through spring 1692.They also were very paranoid of a lot of things. Such as witches and the devil. The main theories i will state are Reasons for the witch hunts.
The Salem Witch Trials I. From June to September of the 1692 in the small farming village of Salem, Massachusetts, nineteen people were hanged on Gallows Hill for the crime of witchcraft. But as many as thirty-seven (sources conflict as to the exact number) may have died when one factors in the men and women who were hanged, those who died in prison, and the one man (Giles Corey) who was pressed to death. I am writing about this incident because I believe it to be significant to history for two major reasons. Firstly, this incident did not occur in the time or place where one would have expected it.
#1 New York Times Bestselling author Vi Keeland once stated, “Fear does not stop death, it stops life.” A boundless collection of interpretations represent Keeland’s quotation. Yet, only one remains relevant to the topic at hand: in the events that led to the witch trials of 1692, fear posed as a major barricade in Salem Village, Massachusetts, hindering the Puritans’ ability to pursue everyday life. The Salem Witch Trials are one of our nation’s most compellingly intricate, though tragic, phenomenons. Immersed in a dangerously-religious, hysterical atmosphere, a group of young, attention-seeking girls behaved as if cursed by a demonic spirit.
We have all heard of scary things under our bed, or demands out to possess us, but that is all fake right? Like our parents always tell us, “ It is just fake ,none of it’s real.” I know we have all had that thought in our head,” what if my mom is not telling the truth.” Well what if a demand could make us do the things it wants us to do. This is a frightening thing we never think about.
In the Notion of Witchcraft Explains Unfortunate Events, Pritchard begins the second chapter with the statement, “Witches clearly cannot exist” (Pritchard 1). Continuing with explaining that for the Azande, witchcraft was embedded in their daily lives. Evan Pritchard explains that witchcraft is “to Azande an ordinary and not an extraordinary... event” (Pritchard 9). In other words, the Azande perceive “unfortunate events” due to witchcraft and not by natural causes. An example of this is death, the Azande see death as an event caused by the dying person being bewitched.
Kevin Cruz 11/14/17 Survival-final paper Africa has gone through horrible times in history. One can only imagine the horror of living under the colonizing Europe. During the era of colonization human’s life were being traded like they were products. The colonizers took the most valuable item humanity can have freedom. During this period, European interests in Africa primarily focused on the establishment of trading posts there, particularly for the trade.
Because they were viewed as odd compared to other community members, three women struck out as the first witch suspects. The three initial women who were jailed for witchcraft were Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba (Plouffe and Plouffe n.pag.). These women were not like the others, they stood out in their communities because they were different from everyone else (Plouffe and Plouffe n.pag.). Sarah Good was known for swearing and having poor manners leaving her with a bad reputation (Plouffe and Plouffe n.pag.). Sarah Osborne did not attend church regularly and therefore was an open target to offending the church (Plouffe and Plouffe n.pag.).
In the story “No Witchcraft for Sale,” the author describes their culture is strong and the reveal the power of the nonwhite culture. Gideon’s attitude toward his own culture by keeping the essential part of their lives unknown and untouchable from the white people shows the power of nonwhite culture to maintain their identity, “But they went on persuading and arguing, with all the force of their exasperation.” The Black South Africans took a lot of pride in their culture and did not want the Whites to corrupt it. This is why Gideon was so upset that the Farquhar’s would ask him to reveal his secret to them. By keeping the cure and other remedies in his culture were very important to him.
The book does not offer any new insights into the motivations or reasons that the Witch hysteria peaked as it did in Salem, the author does an excellent job at presenting the material in an easy to read and mentally digest
REVIEW OF LITRATURE A.) SUMMARY SOURCE A Although the whole book had information on the Salem witch trials. The introduction, chapter 1 and 2 and the conclusion had information regarding the research needed • Introduction: states what the Salem witch trials where and who they accused.
