The Meaning of Truth and Judgment In society‚ truth has no meaning because people in numbers‚ rule and come together‚ only believing what they want to believe. Great strength in numbers is a key factor in The Crucible‚ written by Arthur Miller. What the townspeople of Salem said‚ always went. There is no arguing and no deciding. If someone was accused or judged as being a witch‚ they were most like condemned for being one. The definition of judgment is the formation of an opinion (Encarta Encyclopedia
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“Witch Craze” A. What was the “Witch Craze”? 1. When was the “Witch Craze”? 2. Who was accused as being a witch‚ and why? III. Religion A. What did the churches think about witches and witchcraft? 1. Did the priest’s think that witches came from Hell? 2. Did Satan play a part in witchcraft? IV. Witch Hunting A. How did you prove that someone was a witch? 1. Did they have tests to prove someone was a witch? 2. Where did witch hunting
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questions are evidence of the hysteria that swept through Salem‚ Massachusetts during the winter of 1692 and again during the peak of the anti-communist revolution in the 1950’s. In The Crucible‚ innocent people were in danger of being accused of witchcraft and during the reign of McCarthyism innocent people were being accused of communism. “We too have been known to prefer plot over truth; to dent the evidence before us in favor of the ideas behind us; to do insane things in the name of reason; to
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But it is clear that the witch hunt made most of their targets women. Even though some men practiced witchcraft too‚ women still remained the image of witchcraft in the Salem Witch Trials because of their image of being evil. Women got blamed more than men because they provided nourishment from their body where men could not. Women also became targets because of their lower social
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When being accused of discovering witchcraft‚ Parris says to Thomas Putnam‚ “In my house? In my house‚ Thomas? They will topple me with this!” (16). Due to the fact that the reverend is a well-respected religious figure‚ he fears the association with the Devil’s presence will taint his spirit
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Malleus Maleficarum and Baldung’s Witches’ Sabbath Hans Baldung’s Witches’ Sabbath offers a vivid and startling view of a gathering of witches. Depicted as wild‚ evil women‚ the woodcut aligns strongly with the views expressed in Malleus Maleficarum‚ which identifies the many dark characteristics and satanic practices of the vastly female population of witches. Responsible for everything from crop failure to impotence‚ they are a force to be feared and persecuted. They are a group of women who
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For decades‚ we have talked about the Salem Witch Trials and their unfortunate events in hanging woman for being witches. Most of the people that were accused of witchcraft were women. The amounts of men to women were diverse in different parts of Europe. They were usually older women over the age of fifty and were in lower classes. Woman during this time play a huge role in the trial‚ because more women are accused of being witches and selling their souls to the devil than men would. So why are
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in Loudun p. 63-70 Aldous Huxley‚ The Devils of Loudun p. 71-73 • Film : The Devils (excerpts) * King Louis XIV and the Affair of the Poisons • Texts: “The Magician Lesage” p. 74-79 “The Decriminalization of French Witchcraft” p. 80-81 7. March 5 Mid-Term (75 mn) * The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters 1 • Film: Brotherhood of the Wolves (excerpts) 8. March 12 * The Sleep of Reason
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to anyone. This caused mass panic in Salem. It was at this point that the people of Salem started to suspect witchcraft‚ which leads to the next enhancing factor: poor communication. Poor communication can include rumors and misinterpretations and both of these can be found in The Crucible. Around the beginning of the play a respectable woman of Salem‚ Goody Putnam‚ suggests that witchcraft could be involved in the lives of the girls who are currently unconscious. She believed that “the Devil’s touch
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that uncomfortable feeling. In the Crucible‚ the three girls Abigail‚ Mary‚ and Susanna are filled with fear and hysteria of getting into trouble and being spanked so they turn to the most drastic judgment they have and start accusing people of witchcraft to prevent their own punishment and put that uneasy feeling of uncomfortability to rest. They also had a slight prompt on their side that another town had gone through the witch trials and had a mass hysteria and fear of the same thing the girls
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