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    Salem Witch Trials The Salem witch trials were a very gruesome part of America’s history. The punishments they used to determine whether the person was a witch or nit was inhuman. Basically‚ these people had two choices. They either would get tortured and confess and be killed or not confess but still die from the torture being brought upon them. The Salem witch trials impacted history in its own way. Torture throughout history can be read and understood‚ however‚ it is a different kind of punishment

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    Maru Possessed Case Study

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    Since the 1970’s‚ there has been debate whether Annabelle is possessed or is not. Annabelle is a raggedy Ann doll‚ which was very popular during this time. Annabelle is really possessed‚ based on eyewitness watching her move on her own‚ the blood they found all over her hands and body‚ and Annabelle leaving notes all over the house. Although some say she isn’t possessed. If she was not possessed how the notes would pop up all over the house on parchment paper that no one had‚ or how would she move

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    In Witches! The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem‚ author Rosalyn Schanzer discusses the outbreak of the Salem witch trials and tells about the murderous colonial period of 1692. The trials took place in Salem‚ Massachusetts when the Puritans of England migrated to New England. The accusations of witches started when two girls began having fits‚ and a doctor tried to use elixirs and everything he could to cure them. He then diagnosed the two girls of being plagued by witches. After these

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    No Witchcraft for Sale

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    Analyze of No witchcraft for sale by Doris Lessing Why did Gideon call Teddy “Little Yellow Head”? First of all‚ he called him this‚ because Teddy’s hair is fair and light‚ like nothing he had ever seen. He also gives him a native name‚ to show him the loyalty he gives him. What happened to Teddy in the beginning of this story? One day‚ Teddy had been out‚ driving on his scooter. He had gone in to the bushes‚ where a snake had spat in his eyes‚ almost making him blind. Without doubting

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    Witchcraft 1

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    illness and the event that occurred in the forest. So what happened in the forest‚ did you tell the girls to go to the forest and dance‚ practicing witchcraft? A1: Um‚ no I did not. Tituba was the one that told me and the girls to dance and sing. The cause of Betty to faint was most likely the practice of witchcraft. Q2: What makes you believe that witchcraft would cause her fainting? A2: Because we were dancing and singing and I believed the spirits connected to Betty which caused her to faint. Q3:

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    Salem

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    1. "Revenue hours" represent the key activity that drives costs at Salem Data Services. Which expenses in Exhibit 2 are variable with respect to revenue hours? Which expenses are fixed with respect to revenue hours? Variable expenses: Power Operations: hourly personnel Rent Custodial services Computer leases Maintenance Dep: Computer equipment Dep: Office equipment and fixtures Operations: salaried staff Systems development and maintenance Administration Sales Sales promotion Corporate services

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    The Salem Witch Trials Many people have innocently went to prison or payed for crimes they have never committed over the course of history. The Salem Witch trials is the most known tragedy in which many lost their lives due to false accusations of participating in witchcraft in a puritan community. These trials would forever put in shame the name of Salem due to the injustice done to the innocent by people who wanted to take the guilt and shame off themselves First and fore more the

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    Witchcraft is not for sale

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    traditional medicine (the "witchcraft") which was free and comes naturally‚ and the pharmaceutical which the doctors profit from. Who owns the knowledge about medicinial plants? Should these medicines be free or should you have to pay for them? It’s an overgeneralization‚ but witchcraft involves a lot of the use of natural herbs and other natural things to heal. "No Witchcraft for Sale" also deals with different races and social classes. [Summary of the text: "No Witchcraft for Sale" is set in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe

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    In the late spring of 1962 in a village name Salem a group of young girls claimed to possessed name such as the devil. These young girls accused some of the women’s from the village of doing witchcraft. There were also around 150 mans including the woman’s and children accused of witchcraft leading to nineteen men and women to be hanged. Three reasons why led this people to believe was “the teenage boredom”‚ the stimulation of imaginations of Tituba‚ and a belief that Satan was recruiting witches

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    Witchcraft In Macbeth

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    Lady Macbeth shows a spiked interest in “metaphysical aid” which she does use later on in the play when she “calls the spirits”‚ she talks about witchcraft playing a big part in the future crowning of Macbeth‚ and displaying dramatic irony as we know she later uses witchcraft. Dark magic was a very unusual and taboo thing to use in plays in the Shakespearean era‚ this can create the reader to feel suspense. In other parts of the play‚ ambition is presented in other ways; when Macbeth plots against

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