and after the Salem Witch Trials I. INTRODUCTION A. Attention getter: The biggest witch hunt in American history took place 322 years ago in Salem, Massachusetts where twenty innocent people were convicted and executed for practicing the Devil’s magic. B. Relevance: My immediate audience should care about my topic because it is informative about the biggest witch hunt in American history. It affects them by having the ability to go home having more knowledge about the Salem Witch Trials. They can
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Prosecutions, accusations, consequences The Salem witch trials were once known as “the devil’s magic” because of the witchcraft being used. Mary easty a victim of prosecution during the witch trials said “I never complied, but prayed against [Satan] all my days… I will say it, if it was my last time, I’m clear of all this sin”. These accusations led to consequences therefore, result as vicious prosecutions. During that time, the Salem witch trials were very prejudiced toward anyone. The circumstances
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and have fairies live in it. A major theme of the examination of Joan during her trial was related to whether she was or was not a false Prophet. The also asked her about a ring she had, and it is implied that they wanted to know if the ring was magic or blessed. Joan also was reported to have raise a three day old baby from the dead at Lagny.
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Wrinkles formed from forehead to knees, warts placed on the tip of a nose, frazzled grey hair with resemblance to lace of a spiders web, and nails only the devil could love were characteristics once believed by Puritans had possessed over half of the population of women in Salem. An event known as The Salem Witch Trials was a historical incident that defined the way women were treated through later decades based on the views of the Puritan people. These Puritans were a protestant group that were
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Samuel Parris had an eleven year old daughter named Elizabeth Parris, and a nine year old niece named named Abigail Williams. In January of 1692, both girls started displaying odd behavior. They would throw objects, scream randomly, made odd sounds, and contoured their body into unusual positions. Other girls including Ann Putnam (11), Mercy Lewis, Elizabeth Hubbard, Mary Walcott, and Mary Warren all had similar “episodes”. When visited by the doctor William Griggs, they were diagnosed with the
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Assignment 1 When I was nine I was in my Harry Potter phase; the whole nine yards: going to class in a Harry Potter robe, drawing a scar onto my forehead, and even playing Quiddich with my friends during recess. What I lacked was an authentic wizard ward. I couldn’t be Harry Potter without my own wand. Since I didn’t have the money to go out and buy a $50 wand, I did what any other nine year old would do, I stole one chopstick from my mother’s authentic Japanese chopstick set. She had received
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Thomas Jefferson once said, ‘All power is inherent in the people’. Over the centuries people have had their own version on how witches looked or what kind of powers they possessed, or even if they existed. So many were burned at the stake for attempting witchcraft or for having medicinal herbs that could not be scientifically explained. The witches of New Orleans were quite unique. There was the voodoo queen Marie Laveau, Madame Masochist and the French Quarter coven. Madame Masochist also
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Although happening in completely different historical periods, the many terrible things that happened during the second Red Scare are in common with the the terrible events that occurred during the Salem Witch Trials. Both events occurred by creating fear based upon what the people were scared of. The Salem Witch trials began from either boredom or rivalries between the people that lived in Salem. People were not free; they lived by harsh rules that were based upon the Bible. When some
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Through the respect of minister Cotton Mather had warned of the dubious value of speculations, “It would be better than ten suspected witches mayescape that one innocent person be condemned.”The Salem witch trials began during the spring of 1692, when a group of young girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts, claimed to be possessed by the devil. It was found that there was fungus ergot (found in rye, wheat and other cereals) which toxicologist say can cause symptoms such as delusions, vomiting and
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1. Let’s start with context, to make sure we’re on the same page. ALWAYS take note of when a source was created, who created it, and what the circumstances were. In this case, when were these two sources written? These two sources were written in the late 1600’s. The Character of a Coffee-House was written in 1673 A.D. Coffee-House Vindicated was written in 1675 A.D. Do you know who wrote them? We do not know who wrote them from reading the source. It appears that they are anonymous. Also, be
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