Essays on Salem Witch Trials

A crucible is a large heat resistant container used to melt and fuse metals and ores at very high temperatures, thus it is a severe test or trial. In the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller, all of the characters are put through a “severe test or trial” of character and judgment throughout the Salem…

Women’s roles and treatment during the time of The Crucible was tramensely different than men’s. In Salem, Massachusetts, The Crucible took place in 1692 during the Salem Witch Trials and was written by Arthur Miller. Women were treated unfairly, untrusted, and being accused of witchcraft. During this, women were powerless and were expected to comply….

All by accusations itself, over 200 people were killed during the Salem Witch Trials. The Salem Witch Trials were such a malevolent time frame that it forced citizens to sacrifice societies needs for themselves. In this play, The Crucible, Arthur Miller effectively portrays Reverend Parris as a greedy and conceited man which motivates him to…

The Salem Witch Trials were the most famous, most deadly, and most studied witch trials in the British colonies according to author Brian Pavlac. (138) What started out as innocent child’s play ended with 19 deaths and one killed by being pressed to death with stones. The events were gruesome, tragic, and filled with irrational…

The Salem witch trials all began on January 20, 1692, with nine-year-old Elizabeth “Betty” Parris and eleven-year-old Abigail Williams, daughter and niece of the village reverend Samuel Parris, beginning to exhibit strange behavior, such as blasphemous screaming, convulsive seizures, trance-like states and mysterious spells. Within a short period of time, several other Salem girls began…

Today, the idea of seeing a witch is almost inconsequential. Our Halloween holiday marks a celebration in which many will adorn themselves with pointy black hats and long stringy hair, and most will embrace them as comical and festive. Even the contemporary witchcraft religious groups forming are being accepted with less criticism. More recently, the…

gs in the 1950s Attention Deficit Disorder – Is It Myth or Reality? Attention Deficit Disorder is one of the more controversial topics for parents, educators and physicians in their efforts in identification and treatment of the disorder. Imagine your son or daughter being involved in this horrifying, grotesque, nightmarish hell. “On December 1, 1997,…

Deep inside a town in Massachusetts innocent people were accused of the devil’s work, witchcraft. God-fearing Puritans took it upon themselves to exterminate Satan’s followers influenced by anti-witch ideas and other sources including books and the words of various priests. Over 100 people were given unfair trials; many were jailed while quite a few were…

Mr. John Hathorn, a Judge involved in the witchcraft case of Sarah Good, then asked all of the afflicted children to look upon her and see if this was the person that had hurt them so. They all gazed at Goody Good and said that this was the person that tormented thempresently they were all…

American history is a collaboration of all of the wonderful events and the not so successful ones that make up this great country that we call the United States. Records of this fabulous nation date back all the way to dates way before our original founding fathers. However, few episodes of American history have aroused…