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Why were people accuse of being witches?
People were accused of being witches becausespite, grudges,disliking someoneself defenceto explain misfortuneshope that was helpful
What are three similarities of Salem witch trail and mccarthyism?
Both were caused by a hysteria that made people accuse others of being something feared in that day. In Salem, it was witches. In the senate it was communists.
Why did the kings accuse random people of being witches in the medieval times?
They was paranoid about witches, just as there is at the moment about terrorists, in the 1950's about communists, in the 1910's about Germans etc....
Are witches science fiction?
Nowadays most people would say "yes". Not too long ago most would say they are real and they would accuse women of being witches if they didn't fit into what everyone else's idea of normal was.
What was Abigail Williams most famous for?
Abigail Williams is most famous for being one of the people that accused people of being witches in Salem. The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 lead to the arrest of 150 innocent people. Abigail Williams is knows for being the first person to accuse someone of witchcraft.
Who executed people for being witches?
Other people.
Why were witches accused?
"Witches" did not really exist, but people were frightened by the thought of them. They would burn or hang witches. Citezens that nobody liked were usually accused of being witches in order do get rid of them. Others were accused because they did not fit in or were very strange, so they were suspects of practicing witchcraft.
Why do people falsely accuse transsexual people of being homosexuals when gay people don't live as the other sex nor get surgery?
People falsely accuse the transsexual people of being homosexuals because of the little information that they have about them.
Who executed people that were accused of being witches?
Christians
Why did Joseph McCarthy accuse people of being communists?
I think it was because he was a bad man about accusing people of being communists
Where Irish people accused of being witches on Halloween?
yes they were
What are examples of situational irony in the crucible act 3?
About 100 people sign a petition so that they may testify for the women who were accused of being witches. These same people were later arrested for being witches.
