Brief Summary: The Salem Witch Trial
Arlin Alvarado
E Gross
English 111H Period 4
March 3, 2013
The Salem Witch Trial When people think about The Salem Witch Trial, the first thing that comes to mind is “oh it 's just a bunch of wannabe witches being killed.” But in reality they were innocent people being accused by a bunch of little girls trying to get got of trouble. People were very suspicious and paranoid about everything back then-if a few people in the village suddenly became ill, it was because of a "witch". Remember, they had no science to explain anything, so they had to make up stuff that seems ridiculous to us today. They feared what they didn 't know and understand, therefore seeking any kind of solution . . . in this case their fear led to The Salem witch …show more content…
One was anger followed by mischief – a sidelong glance by the suspected witch followed quickly by an accident to the victim. The last and most fragile evidence, testimony by the afflicted that were “visited” by some demonic form (Salem DBQ 9). In my opinion this is not real and valid evidence. Two reasons why I say this, for one, I don 't fully understand because in my mind it 's saying, that if you look suspicious or do suspicious things someone is allowed to follow you and if they believe you are practicing witchcraft they have the right to accuse you and send you to jail and give you a trial. Now if I’m right I think that is very and I mean very stupid because if your neighbor is the one accusing you then the your land will become a free for all and that neighbor will have most of your land and become a little more powerful in the social status. Secondly those “ afflicted “ girls could have been faking and lying about what they seen or did therefor their evidence is also …show more content…
There was a theory that a fungus called ergot can sometimes infect rye grains. Rye grain is a grass grown extensively as a grain and as a forage crop. The fungus produces some chemicals which are very similar to LSD. LSD is one of the major drugs made up of hallucinogen. It was discovered in 1938 and is one of the most potent mood- changing chemical. So this whole time the girls could have been on LSD the whole time hallucinating the whole time or acting. Either way I don 't believe that the “devil” had anything to do with the Salem witch trials at
E Gross
English 111H Period 4
March 3, 2013
The Salem Witch Trial When people think about The Salem Witch Trial, the first thing that comes to mind is “oh it 's just a bunch of wannabe witches being killed.” But in reality they were innocent people being accused by a bunch of little girls trying to get got of trouble. People were very suspicious and paranoid about everything back then-if a few people in the village suddenly became ill, it was because of a "witch". Remember, they had no science to explain anything, so they had to make up stuff that seems ridiculous to us today. They feared what they didn 't know and understand, therefore seeking any kind of solution . . . in this case their fear led to The Salem witch …show more content…
One was anger followed by mischief – a sidelong glance by the suspected witch followed quickly by an accident to the victim. The last and most fragile evidence, testimony by the afflicted that were “visited” by some demonic form (Salem DBQ 9). In my opinion this is not real and valid evidence. Two reasons why I say this, for one, I don 't fully understand because in my mind it 's saying, that if you look suspicious or do suspicious things someone is allowed to follow you and if they believe you are practicing witchcraft they have the right to accuse you and send you to jail and give you a trial. Now if I’m right I think that is very and I mean very stupid because if your neighbor is the one accusing you then the your land will become a free for all and that neighbor will have most of your land and become a little more powerful in the social status. Secondly those “ afflicted “ girls could have been faking and lying about what they seen or did therefor their evidence is also …show more content…
There was a theory that a fungus called ergot can sometimes infect rye grains. Rye grain is a grass grown extensively as a grain and as a forage crop. The fungus produces some chemicals which are very similar to LSD. LSD is one of the major drugs made up of hallucinogen. It was discovered in 1938 and is one of the most potent mood- changing chemical. So this whole time the girls could have been on LSD the whole time hallucinating the whole time or acting. Either way I don 't believe that the “devil” had anything to do with the Salem witch trials at