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They occured at a good time and place for their kind of event. Puritan Massachusetts held strong beliefs in the existance of witchcraft and took accusations of it seriously.
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What hapended to Abigail Faulkner during the Salem witch trials?
Abigail was convicted as a witch along with two of her four daughters, her sister, her sister-in-law, two neices, and one nephew. she was sentenced to be hangged but it was found out she was pregnant this saved her life because it was later on found out she was not a witch
What was the main evidence against accused witches in the Salem Witch Trials?
Spectral Evidence. The afflicted claimed to be able to see the spirits of spectors of the witches and the ghosts of their victims. Of course, that was extremely insubstanial and after it was outlawed, convicts stopped.
Did abigail williams have a journal about her set up?
No. All we know of Williams comes from records of the Salem court trials. Chances are, she may not have even been able to write.
How did the slave Tituba avoid being hung?
Well, let's paint a little picture here. Tituba avoided being hung by confessing to witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials. By admitting to practicing witchcraft, she was able to save herself from a grim fate. It's important to remember that during difficult times, honesty and courage can sometimes be our saving grace.
What was a witch hunters job in medieval times?
Witch hunters were people who claimed to be able to identify witches from marks on their bodies, supposedly left by the devil. They identified their victims as witches, helped to prosecute them at trial, and received a bounty for every person convicted. The Middle Ages had relatively few witch trials, however, and witch hunts did not really happen commonly until after the Middle Ages (with its supposed superstition) ended and the Renaissance and Reformation (with their supposedly scientific and rational thinking) replaced them.
What actions considered to be witchcraft at the Salem Witch Trials?
Witchcraft had many supposed "abilities." A witch could send their spirits out to torment people without moving their physical body. (the afflicted claimed to be able to see those) They could use those spirits to physically harm people in a realitively normal ways, like pinching and choking. A witch could also somehow use her own motions to control the body of their victims much like a puppet. Add all thre usually things like talking to animals and controling the weather, you have what the Puritans called a witch.
Why were the salem witch trials so important?
Surprisingly, they actually weren't that important outside of Essex County. Boston, the Massachusetts seat of government, was not affected in any great way and southern Massachusetts completely ignored the trials. John Alden jr. was able to escape trial in Duxbury, Massachusetts. The trials caused no political upheavel and the disruption in the social order was quickly dealt with.
Why do you think Miller might have chosen the Salem witch trials of 1692 How does this setting serve his dramatic and thematic goals?
By picking and choosing facts about the Trials, Miller could make it work for a close to obvious allusion to McCarthyism, yet it was different enough that no one could accuse him of being against a government policy or of being against said policy because he was a communist.
How are the women in The Crucible by Arthur Miller shown to be empowered?
Women are of a lower social rank in Puritan society than men. Only men can lead in church, and the church rules the society. This therefore makes the women quite powerless. The Salem witch trials give women, especially the young and unmarried Abigail Williams, a power over the important and influential members of society. By using the witchcraft trials, Abigail is able to accuse innocent citizens and receive the attention and power that she previously lacked.
Is magistrate kind of a judge?
Yes. Back in the Salem witchcraft trials, there were three magistrates to judge the accused.
How were witches tested and their guilt decided in the Salem Witch Trials?
To ways that people (mostly women) were tested was: 1. A lake would be blest, the the person who was accused would have there hands and ankles tied together then lowered into the lake, if the person floated and lived he/she would be a witch then killed, but if he/she drowned she would be dead then proved that he/she wasn't a witch. 2. The person accused would have to carry a peace of hot coal around the town two times, when finished if the persons hands were burnt then they would be let go, but if they where fine they would kill you. EDIT: During the Salem Trials, the accused were not given the benefit of a fair test. The Touch Test, the afflicted's testimony and the Witch's Teat were the only evidence or tests employed. The Touch Test, in which the accused would touch the bewitched while in a fit and if the fit ended the agent to cause it had returned to the accused witch by touch, could be rigged because the afflicted could choose to recover if they were faking, which is the most supported theory. The afflicted could have easily lied. And the Witch's Teat, a blemish that would not bleed or cause pain is pricked, was ALWAYS fake. The examiners used dull pins.
How were witches treated?
Witches were to be believed evil in the old days. They would usually burn a witch to the stake or just hang them.The accused "witches" were treated terrible. The people of Salem thought that if someone was a witch, the witch would do horrible things. The people also thought that they should get rid of the witches, so they would drown people who they thought was a witch and if you were you would be able to undrown yourself with your powers and it you weren't you were just led there to drown!
