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    Toney Mrs. Lowry English 3 HN 18 March 2014 In my depiction‚ the events of the Salem Witch Trials were most responsible by Abigail Williams. In Arthur Miller’s play‚ Abigail demonstrated her malevolent ways by showing her lustful and violent characteristics‚ along with her personal vendetta against Elizabeth Proctor. These character flaws‚ in my opinion‚ were the driving force that started the events in Salem‚ Massachusetts. Her hatred for Elizabeth‚ and wanting her dead‚ was the reasoning behind

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    Salem Witch Hysteria The harsh cold winters in Salem‚ Massachusetts brought inevitable boredom; especially for teens. Present day winters are filled with cuddling up to the television or playing video games‚ but finding something interesting to do in Salem winters was more than difficult; the year 1692 changed all of that. The Salem Witch Hysteria brought sheer terror through out the town as well as surrounding towns. Men and women were being accused of being witches and wizards based on spectral

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    Salem Witchcraft Trials 1. In order to make sense of Ann Foster’s testimony we must look at events that were occurring at this time. The prosecution of Witchcraft had been relatively new in America but massive witch hunts had been going on for centuries in England‚ Italy‚ Germany‚ and France. During this time‚ English Rulers King William and Mary began a War with France in American colonies. The war created strain on Salem’s resources and rivalry between families with ties to wealth of

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    first thought to come to mind. A book titled “Memorable Providences” had recently been published telling the story of an Irish woman’s bewitchment on a man in Boston‚ the girls behaviors somewhat mirrored those of the man which sparked the thought of witch craft. William Griggs‚ a doctor of the town‚ called to examine the girls. He suggested that the girls’ problems might have a supernatural origin. The new widespread belief that witches targeted children made the doctor’s diagnosis seem increasing likely

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    The Salem Witch Trials started in 1692 in Salem Village‚ Massachusetts‚ and are believed to have been created by many different theories. No one actually knows why or how the witchcraft started in the early colony. The witches were girls of all ages who were caught having strange behavior. Many people started believing they were actual witches because of the way people claimed to have been hurt or affected by a witch. Some Puritans would act out to make it seem like a witch was harming them or causing

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    The Salem Witch Trial In 1692‚ Salem went through a period of witchcraft and unanswered questions. People were experiencing witchcraft left and right and they did not know what to do about it. The people wanted to know why is it happening‚ what was happening and how to stop it. Salem is located in the United States in Massachusetts. This is located in North America. The Puritans thought of North America as the devils territory. Over a period of time Salem girls started experiencing periods

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    raged through Salem Village in 1692 caused the citizens to accuse and execute each other because of suspected witchcraft. The Salem witch trials‚ a series of court cases regarding the 131 people accused of witchcraft‚ led to twenty-five peoples’ deaths and the arrests of many more (Foulds 258). The trouble first started when two girls acted so strangely that people had no doubts that it was the result of witchcraft. Soon‚ they considered no one safe because anyone might be a witch‚ or may be tormented

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    This quote shows both the dilemma in the Salem Witch Trials‚ which Arthur Miller set his story in‚ and the era of McCarthyism which he kind of writes about; John was going to confess to being a witch but couldn’t because he didn’t want to ruin his name for his family. He was an innocent man but died because he didn’t confess. This is very similar to what was happening during the 50’s when McCarthyism first started. Arthur Miller’s use of the Salem Witch Trials in the Crucible demonstrates

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    remembering Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne. Since Tituba’s claim that there were more witches in Salem‚ the witch hunt officially began and hysteria beset the

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    Mass Hysteria during the 1690s and 1950s. As examples of mass hysteria‚ both the Salem Witch Trials and the Cold War caused turmoil during their respective time period. Although very different time periods‚ the 1690s Salem Witch Trials and the 1950s Cold War were both dramatic examples of mass hysteria (Campbell). The Salem Witch Trials were one of the nation’s most dramatic examples of hysteria as close to 20 people were killed because of pure hype and chaos in the region (Campbell). The cold war

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