girls in Salem Village accused several local women of witchcraft while being claimed of being possessed by the devil. This is causing a wave of hysteria to spread throughout colonial Massachusetts. Starting in January of 1692‚ Betty Parris and Abigail Williams‚ Samuel Parris’ (minister of Salem Village) daughter and niece are experiencing very extreme and absurd behavior and is defined by the locals as “fits”‚ which included
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In New England‚ mass agitation and paranoia resulted in a notorious episode of American history known as the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. What started as an amount of accusations from a group of girls‚ turned into a series of disastrous events. These girls accused several local woman of the small town of Salem located in the state of Massachusetts of playing with the devil‚ casting spells and being witches. This series of events was considered a new phenomenon in America‚ but across Europe it was
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Intolerance is not a new idea as can be seen in the play The Crucible written by Arthur Miller‚ which takes place in 1692 during the Salem Witch Trials. The Puritans specialized in narrow-minded beliefs as anyone who did not conform to their ideals was not tolerated in their society. Without their ignorance‚ it would have been much harder for the Witch Trials to occur if they did at all. It may seem like dangerous intolerance is an ancient concept‚ but discrimination lives on in today’s society.
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Throughout the play‚ persecution proves to be a direct consequence of fear. Parris wants Proctor to confess and wants everyone to convince him to confess because he fears the town and what they’ll think of him. The obsession Parris had about how the village thought of him overcame and that’s when he started pressuring the people to convince Proctor. Another character that falls into the trap of fear is the Abigail Williams. Abigail‚ a former servant to the Proctors‚ was kicked out because of the
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What Caused the Hysteria of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. What caused the salem trials‚ there are many reasons‚ It could have been because of the things that were going on in Salem but there are many reasons for why this happend‚ I will explain a couple of the reasons‚ many people were accused to be witches‚ many people in salem were killed for being accused of being witches. Know one really knows why this started but it was horrible they were brutally killed and many were in prison. Sometimes
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character‚ Reverend Hale‚ from The Crucible. Reverend Hale has been called to Salem to examine Reverend Parris’s daughter‚ Betty‚ for precise signs of the devil. As the play draws out‚ Hale’s stance on the problem changes and contrasts his initial thought on the matter. Hale is called to Salem to help the people determine the reasoning behind the witchcraft hysteria. He is ideally summoned because of his credentials and knowledge of the world that is invisible to the eye: the
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Salem Possessed redefined the standard for the possibilities social history offers to understand the events and people of early America. Through a painstaking look at local records such as legal records‚ the Salem Village record book‚ the minister’s book‚ and tax records Boyer and Nissenbaum discovered a long-standing pattern of contentious behavior of which the witchcraft accusations in 1692 was just one episode. Their analysis provides an invaluable insight into the social history of New England
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actual participants. One such participant in the play who provides the readers with this valuable perspective is Reverend John Hale‚ a minister from Beverly who is called to Salem to investigate Salem’s eccentric problem. Nonetheless‚ Reverend John Hale’s perspective does not stay constant throughout the entire play. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ the beliefs and principles of Reverend John Hale change dramatically‚ as the events of the Salem Witch Trials cause him to question his moral values and
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Evolution of Reverend Hale Throughout The Crucible The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ is a partially fictitious rendering of the colonial witch trials that took place in Salem‚ Massachusetts. The Puritanical society creates characters of strong moral compasses‚ but who also take the Devil as seriously as they take God. All sins are severely punished and supernatural reports and behavior are not taken lightly. The play begins with Reverend Parris speaking about his discovery of his niece‚ daughter
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Is Reverend Hale from Beverley to be blamed for the deaths in Salem? Was he on the side of God when the witch-hunt trials started? Reverend Hale is the person whom people search for to confirm if the devil has taken over a person. When Hale enters this witch-hunt trail‚ he questions many‚ but did not seem to listen to the innocent’s true words and only pressures them into admitting that they side with the devil. However‚ when he notices that Abigail has been lying this whole time‚ his views change
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