Increase and Cotton Mather‚ father and son on opposite sides of the issue of witchcraft. If they are lucky‚ they learn about Rev. Samuel Parris and what led some to like him and his judgments‚ and others to despise him. But they do not typically learn about the Porters and the Putnams‚ the two big families of Salem Village. They do not learn about the Anti- and Pro-Parris groups led by these families. They do not learn about the group wanting to be separate from Salem Town or about how they clashed with
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punishment of innocent Americans accused of dealing with the devil. The Salem Witch Trials began in Salem‚ Massachusetts in the winter months of 1692 when Betty Parris and her cousin Abigail Williams‚ the daughter and niece of Reverend Parris‚ began to have fits described as "beyond the power of natural disease to effect" by Reverend John Hale (Source B). The girls screamed‚ threw things about the room‚ uttered strange sounds‚ and crawled under furniture. The girls also complained of being pinched
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sparked the “Great Awakening” of this time period. Not only is fear used as a tool for persuasion in Jonathon Edwards‚ sinners in the Hands of an Angry God‚ but it is also used in The Crucible. Reverend Parris and his niece‚ Abigail‚ instate fear into people for two completely different reasons. Parris uses fear in his “Brimstone and Fire” types of sermons. He states that “there is either obedience or the church will burn like Hell is burning‚” to show that the people who
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The Witches of Salem/The Salem Witch Trials “The devil came to me and bid me serve him” (Blumburg). According to Jess Blumburg‚ a writer and a historian‚ these were the words that started the Salem witch trials. Tituba was a slave living with the Parris family when she was swept away into the nonsense that was the Salem witch trials. The Salem witch trials happened in Massachusetts in 1692 and 1693. Around 200 people‚ in the town of salem‚ were accused of witchcraft‚ and twenty people actually hung
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In The Crucible‚ when Reverend Hale tells Proctor that many of the “witches” have confessed‚ he replies: “And why not‚ if they must hang for denyin’ it? There are them that will swear to anything before they’ll hang; have you never thought of that?” By this‚ John Proctor is saying
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their irrationality‚ which shaped the United States Judicial system forever. Quite simply‚ the witchcraft outbreak came out of a feud between two families‚ the Porters and the Putnams‚ over a long-standing land dispute. In February of 1692‚ Reverend Samuel Parris returned home to find his nine-year-old daughter Betty and two other girls‚ including Abigail Williams‚ attempting to conjure and speak with evil spirits with assistance from his land slave‚ Tituba. When the girls realized they had been caught
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Williams is seventeen years of age. She is a white Puritan‚ and “strikingly beautiful” (Miller 169). She lives with her uncle‚ Reverend Samuel Parris‚ ten-year old cousin‚ Betty‚ and Barbados maid‚ Titubia. Abigail also worked for John and Elizabeth Proctor until Elizabeth fired her out. In sixteen ninety-two Abigail Williams was actually eleven years old. Her uncle‚ Reverend Parris‚ with the help of Titubia‚ an Indian slave‚ raised her and her three cousins‚ Thomas‚ Betty‚ and Susannah (Salem Witch Trials
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woods but doesnt think much of it. After that scene we see betty laying in bed unconscious with the town physician suggesting it was witchcraft. This is when the heat starts to rise because Reverend Parris recalls them dancing in the woods‚ and says he saw Tituba mumbling some words around a fire. After reverend Hale the “Witch Doctor”‚ questions Tituba with forceful manner‚ Tituba gives in and says the devil has her soul. Of course she knows the
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Red Badge of Courage essay. In Stephen Crane’s novel The Red Badge of Courage‚ Henry--the main character-- exemplifies all of the changes that soldiers go through during war; both mental and physical. Through his development of characters‚ scenery and situations‚ Crane provides a window into the hardships of battle. Soldiers face difficulties in many forms during war‚ but holding onto their humanity presents the most challenges. Often‚ as a coping mechanism‚ soldiers shut down: leaving just a shell
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The Salem Witch Trials I: Introduction Attention Getter: During the Salem Witch Trials‚ about 200 people would be accused of Witchcraft‚ 19 would be executed as witches‚ and one man is his 80’s would be put to death by stacking stone upon stone on his chest. General Purpose: To educate my audience about the Salem Witch Trials. Specific Purpose: My purpose is to display to you the power of fear in a place like Salem‚ or any place when they have the “witch hunt mentality.” Thesis
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