The spread of the plague & other kinds of disease.
Salem
the past
vengeance
Vengeance
Vengeance
In "The Crucible," John Proctor believed the motivating force behind all the accusations of witchcraft in Salem Village was vengeance. He was outraged at the interrogation of the pious Rebecca Nurse, and the accusation of his wife Elizabeth.
Vengeance
vengeance
property.
I'm going to assume you mean Salem, Massachusetts 1692.
Women's position in society made them vunerable and the picture of the stereotypical witch was built around that.
The plague.