they were or not‚ they tested them with various ways of torture. From being hung‚ to being tied to a rock and thrown in a lake; if they survived‚ they were a witch‚ if they died‚ they weren’t. The Puritans came up with many different theories of witchcraft for various problems. Whether it was for the weather‚ lack of crop growth‚ or if someone smelled a little different. Some popular theories were: Ergot Poisoning. They believed that if someone accidentally ate a fungus‚ they belonged to the devil
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Don’t lie to hail she comes to me while I sleep she’s always making me dream corruptions."page 1091" The crucible is in the astonishing play about the history of Salem and witchcraft. This play is a story from past time‚ Abigail Williams is a huge part of this play because of her scheming ways to put people to death as you can see from the previous quote I listed‚ this was one of her many lies. Many different people play a role in the Salem deaths but Abigail started all and kept playing it off until
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Witches in the Medieval and Renaissance time periods were interesting. They were mostly older women that practiced sorcery. Many also suffered consequences and witchcraft was not accepted everywhere. The belief in witchcraft‚ in the medieval and renaissance time periods‚ relates to the tragedy‚ Macbeth‚ and made it unpredictable and full of suspense. A witch is a woman that is thought to have magical powers that differ depending on the time and place‚ like the weird sisters in Macbeth‚ who practice
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She fell victim to Abigail’s manipulation‚ which lead to her to go against Proctor‚ and accuse him of witchcraft. Just after telling the court that what the girls were doing was pretend‚ she joins the girls in accusing people of witchcraft once again. This is found in line 1109 in Act 3‚ which says‚ ”You’re the devils man!” (Miller 198) That quote is said by Mary when she is accusing Proctor of writing in the devil’s
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convicted of practicing witchcraft in Massachusetts. The Salem Witch Trials took place only in America‚ but the idea of witches has existed in many parts of the world. In Europe witches were believed to be anti-Christian‚ and to have sold his or her soul to the devil in order to obtain magical abilities‚ usually to harm others. However‚ witches in Africa and the West Indies involved concepts other than the devil. From the 1400’s to the 1700’s‚ the annihilation of witches and witchcraft in England‚ France
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of salem are being suspicious of witchcraft and forming a large group in parris’s house.In the scene people bargde intp parrises house and began to discuss witchcraft and how his granddaughter is sick. More people
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Wicca (IPA: /ˈwɪkə/) is a nature-based religion popularised in 1954 by Gerald Gardner‚ a retired British civil servant‚ who at the time called it Witchcraft and its adherents "the Wica".[1] He said that the religion‚ of which he was an initiate‚ was a modern survival of an old witchcraft religion which had existed in secret for hundreds of years‚ originating in the pre-Christian paganism of Europe.[1] The veracity of Gardner’s statements cannot be independently proven‚ however‚ and it is possible
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Samuel Harsnet‚ A Declaration of Egregious Popish Impostures (1603)‚ "The Making of Frights and Witches". Alexander Roberts‚ A Treatise of Witchcraft (1616)‚ "Why So Many Witches are Women". An Act Against Conjurations‚ Inchantments and Witchcrafts (1563). Reginald Scott‚ The Discovery of Witchcraft (1584) [excerpts]. Daemonologia: A Discourse on Witchcraft (1621)‚ "Witches in West Yorkshire‚ c. 1620". Anon.‚ Witches Apprehended‚ Examined‚ and Executed (1613)‚ "Testing for a Witch".
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British colony‚ Massachusetts‚ witchcraft hysteria broke out between February 1692 and May 1693‚ resulting in the execution of twenty people and the jailing of 342 people. The Salem Witch Trials began after young girls in Salem claimed to be possessed by the Devil and started holding local women of Salem accountable of witchcraft. The effects the Salem Witch Trials had on the colony were separation of the church and the state and mass hysteria. In the 17th century‚ witchcraft was a serious crime‚ and convicted
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caused the Salem Witch Trial Hysteria of 1692? During the summer of 1692‚ nineteen people were hung and one pressed to death‚ because they were accused of practicing or aiding the process of witchcraft. The Salem Witch Trials were started by a preconceived notion that witchcraft was real based on religious texts and ministers‚ or that being in a wrong place at the wrong time was the doing of witch. In addition‚ all of the accused were tried with in the sights of four young girls who
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