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In the movie ‘ Three Sovereigns for Sarah’ three sisters and much more people were accused of witchcraft by Abby Williams and other girls. Abby Williams is the preacher’s niece. The girls started to condole in such illegal activity when their slave, Tituba, started to read their fortunes. The girls began to act strange and would blame this behavior on witchcraft. The girls were told to point out locals that were “involved” in witchcraft. One of the people they accused of witchcraft was Sarah Cloyce and her two sisters. Throughout the time, both of her sisters were hung for refusing to say they were a witch. Sarah Cloyce had waited a long time for her trials, she was moved to a shed at one point. Soon later, they did not bring her to court. …show more content…

The fact that Abby Williams was Rev. Parris’s niece. If the people found out that he didn't know what was going on in his household he could have be driven to unemployment. Another example of this being the reason for politics, Sarah Cloyce has to recite the Our Father prayer, a Christian prayer. they told her before that she would not be considered a witch if she didn't mess up the prayer after she was done they still arrested her because Abby said she saw a speck on her. It was more of a political gain than it had to be dealing with the devil. The girls were hysteria and making the whole town go insane. These girls weren't bored accusing these innocent women of being a …show more content…

The Puritans were heavy believers in their religion. They would make their children read the bible. The closest thing today to the Puritans is probably Amish. They would be obligated to pay the Rev. Parris money to just hear him speak. At one point people stopped going to church because of his niece. Puritans were Catholic religion, it's a sin to believe in astrology and mythology, but they would believe you are a witch or even a part of a cult for that matter. Catholic believe that you should only believe in one God and should not have many gods above that

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