because her husband thomas has been accused of taking land from the deceases and Abigail feels she has unfinished business with the putnams
Mrs. Putnam had some bad luck in the past that she wanted to blame on witches. When her own daughter was "afflicted," she was able to.
Mrs. Putnam is quick to believe that Goody Osborn is a witch because she has experienced the loss of several of her own children, which she attributes to supernatural causes. She is desperate for answers and explanations, so she easily falls into the belief that witchcraft is to blame for her tragedies. Additionally, Mrs. Putnam believes that Goody Osburn has also had children die, which further convinces her of Goody Osburn's involvement in witchcraft.
It is assumed today by historians that the Putnams had vendettas against several families in the community for one reason or another. Mrs. Putnam was trying to get a quick conviction for Goody Osborne for personal resentments.
Because Osburn was the midwife when three of Putnam's children died. Putnam is so crazed with grief, and she blames herself for her childrens death, so she leaps upon any excuse to believe that an outside force took away her children. end of Act One: Mrs Putnam: I knew it! Goody Osburn were midwife to me three times. I begged you, Thomas, did I not? I begged him not to call Osburn because I feared her. My babies always shriveled in her hands!
Israel Putnam was born on January 7, 1718.
Mrs. Putnam had some bad luck in the past that she wanted to blame on witches. When her own daughter was "afflicted," she was able to.
Mrs. Putnam is quick to believe that Goody Osborn is a witch because she has experienced the loss of several of her own children, which she attributes to supernatural causes. She is desperate for answers and explanations, so she easily falls into the belief that witchcraft is to blame for her tragedies. Additionally, Mrs. Putnam believes that Goody Osburn has also had children die, which further convinces her of Goody Osburn's involvement in witchcraft.
In "The Crucible," Ann Putnam blames Rebecca Nurse for the deaths of her children. She believes that Rebecca used witchcraft to harm her children, leading to their deaths.
It wasn't Abigail that accused them of witchcraft. It was Tituba. She accused Goody Goody and Goody Osburn of witchcraft because she's getting pressured of what they were asking her so she told them what they wanted to hear and Mrs. Putnam said that she was sure that someone was killing her babies so Tituba mentioned Goody Good and Goody Osburn because they became a midwife to Mrs. Putnam three times already.
yes he was:)
George Jacobs is a neighbor of Thomas Putnam's, and Putnam accuses him of witchcraft. During the trials, Putnam's daughter continues her act by saying that Jacobs forced her to do certain things. He is accused of witchcraft only so that Putnam can gain his land
Ann Putnam.
Thomas Putnam uses the witch trials to increase his own wealth by accusing people of witchcraft and then buying up their land.
Miller suggests that Putnam's motives in accusing others of witchcraft are driven by personal grudges and a desire for land and power rather than genuine concern for witchcraft. Putnam uses the witch trials to advance his own agenda and settle scores with his enemies.
shes the one who accueses her grandfather of witchcraft
Mrs. Putnam lost 7 children. She believed that witch craft was the cause of their death
Abigail Williams, Elizabeth Parris, Ann Putnam Jr., Mercy Lewis, Mary Walcott, Mary Warren all claimed affliction by witchcraft during the Salem witchcraft trials.