In the Salem Witch Trial, there were many innocent civilians who were wrongfully accused of witchcraft, all because of innocent child's play. ... Within a short amount of time after they noticed the strange behavior of these girls, other girls within the village began to demonstrate there similar behavior. ... March first, the accused were brought to be examined; only Ttituba lied and told the villagers that she was a witch. More were being accused some were church going people but some had previous records of doing witch craft. ... On October 8 after twenty people and been executed, Th...

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"When Short 2 the battles lost and won" (Act I, Scene I, l.4) is a famous line said by the second witch. ... This Short 3 caused Macbeth to act in a wild manner, making people suspicious of his actions. ... Then the second apparition appears (a bloody child), and says: "Be bloody, bold, and resolute; laugh to scorn the power of man, for none of woman born shall harm Macbeth." ... Finally, the last apparition appears and is a child crowned, with a tree in his hand. ... Short 4 The supernatural occurrences in Macbeth were effective, especially in Elizabethan times when belief in the sup...

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Salem Witch Trials I chose to do my project on the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. ... By the end of February 1692, not one, but three witches had been named. ... Soon, anyone who was called a witch was jailed, whether it was a man, woman, child, or adult. Even Dorcas Good, the four-year-old daughter of Sarah Good was accused and thrown into jail; a four-year-old child who was barely old enough to make coherent sentences, was convicted of being a witch and "taking supernatural revenge on the possessed for taking away her parents." ... After John Proctor a long list of alleged witches followed....

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Soon, anyone who was called a witch was jailed, whether it was a man, woman, child, or adult. Even Dorcas Good, the four-year-old daughter of Sarah Good was accused and thrown into jail; a four-year-old child who was barely old enough to make coherent sentences, was convicted of being a witch and "taking supernatural revenge on the possessed for taking away her parents." ... Everyone jumped at the mention of a witch. ... After John Proctor a long list of alleged witches followed. ... The witch's head would be forced underwater and k...

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This is the short story that is known by most people. ... This short story was written nearly two hundred years before the Grimm version was written. This short story a pregnant woman stole parsley from the ogress' garden. The pregnant woman was caught stealing and was forced to promise her child to the ogress. ... In this movie, Rapunzel is the princess of a kingdom and is the only child. ...

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After hearing from the Three Witches that he will indeed become a king, he mind immediately drifts onto how he will replace Duncan as king. ... Lady Macbeth takes it a step further, claiming she could crush the skull of her infant child if she had to, showing she is capable of killing an individual if she felt that she had to (Shakespeare 1.5.362). ... He and his partner, Banquo questions the prophecies of the witches, and frankly just blow it off until Duncan's messengers echo the exact same information as the witches told them; however, the messengers have no clue that the witches exist...

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They open the play with a short scene that reveals their devious intentions to meet with Macbeth. ... Second Witch: All hail Macbeth! ... Third Witch: All hail Macbeth! ... (Curry SLC 3 240) In the next scene, we see the witches again. ... There, he sees three apparitions, the first of an armed head, the second a bloody child, and the third, a child crowned with a tree in his hand. ...

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The outcome of his short temper would usually result in the death of another character. ... The last few apparitions all occur under the guise of the evil witches. As times get tense Macbeth goes to the witches to learn of his fate. ... Next is a bloody child symbolizing Macduff after being delivered from his mother through a caesarian section. ... The tree in the child's hand is a symbol for the branches Malcolm's army held in their hands to disguise their numbers. ...

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The first example of a witch that I ever saw was on The Wizard of Oz. ... Like almost every child who sees this stereotypical portrayal of a witch, I was scared. ... She had said that there had been a few witches in our lineage, some black witches, and some white witches. ... This short little sentence is the foundation of witchcraft. ... I am a witch. ...

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When Macbeth learned of his new title which was misrepresented as a prophecy by the witches, he began to contemplate murdering King Duncan in order to realize the witches' prophecy of becoming King. ... The third thing the witches tell Macbeth, that he will become King of Scotland, does come true. ... The witches didn't make Macbeth kill the King; they only tempted him. ... She is basically taunting Macbeth by informing him that she would harm her own child if she promised to do so. ... The barbaric and seemingly remorseless lengths Macbeth will go to ensure his dynasty is not short-...

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La Llorona One of the first legends I came across said that the Llorona was to thought to be a witch. ... A short time after her son's birth, Luis disappeared. ... She then took her child to the river and walked in until her son was silent. ... Laura was so sad, she walked into the river with her child until there was no life. ... Maria woke up screaming, missing her child. ...

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We see him do this by giving Lady Macbeth and the witches "manly" traits and making Macbeth seem very feminine. ... At seven the man would go to school for a short time until his father deemed that it was time for him to take up the family trade and help his father. ... When his father died he would take over the entire trade and begin the cycle with his child once again. ... One of the less obvious examples of gender reversal/breaking would be the witches. ... The first witch makes it blatantly obvious not to mess with the witches because she will " drain him dry as hay&quo...

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This is a poem of finding evil in innocence, a song of experience, though the voice is hardly that of Blake's child-like singer. ... The plain truth of the statement takes on a cheerful sing-song quality, an effect increased in the next line by reversing the stress and omitting the short in Mixed ready. ... The adding of unstressed syllables speeds up and lightens the next line to soften the ugliness of what is being said: Like the ingredients of a witches' broth . . . ... Again we are brought up short with dead wings, and if kites are fun, a kite' is also a bird of prey, a...

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To the untrained eye, this book might appear to be addressing the Salem Witch Trials, and the unfairness of it. ... Your job is to breed, and take care of as much children as the Lord would permit you to breed; however, you successfully only give birth to one child. ... Would you feel like it's no biggie, that it doesn't really matter; would you consider it a blessing to only have to take care of one child, or would you feel like it's the end of the world. ... Although this form of integrity was short-lived, it still debunked the undercover theme of integrity. ... To the untr...

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Act 1 Scene 3 returns to the witches from the beginning of the play. ... The first witch hails Macbeth, then calls him Thane Of Glamis. ... This is a prediction from the witches, that Macbeth will become King. Banquo questions the witches" speech and remains calm. ... Macbeth becomes worried and very curious towards the witches. ...

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We begin to comprehend the hurt that comes with betrayal when we think of the suffering of a dedicated and faithful wife betrayed by her husband or a young child who is betrayed by the parents. ... This simple lie, forces Tituba to mention the names of innocent people, accusing them of being witches. ... In short, Amir's lie results in the separation of the two friends. ... She accuses Mary of being involved in witch craft. ... In short he ends up betraying his wife: "Abby, I may think of you softly from time to time....Wipe it out of mind. ...

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And finally, Macbeth's guilt and self-destruction can relate with that of the small child in the poem "The Child Who Walks Backwards" by Lorna Crozier. ... He regrets ever listening to the witches. The character of "The Child Who Walks Backwards" by Lorna Crozier, is a young child who is either mentally disabled or blind. This child constantly runs into things, trips, falls, and physically hurts himself. ... Robert, the character from the short story "Test" relates and contrasts with Macbeth's guilty conscience, Liam's character in the short story "Bluffing" relates with Mac...

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Three witches plan to meet with Macbeth upon a heath (maybe Macbeth should be pronounced Macbeeth to rhyme with heath?). They announce the major theme of the play: appearances are deceiving. That's the foul is fair stuff. You know, what's good will be bad, what's bad will be good. This will be repea...

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My Story as a Slave Childhood Years: I was born in 1834 on a large plantation, that contained over a thousand acres, and over one hundred enslaved souls, located thirty some old miles south east of Atlanta, Georgia. I was descended from imported Africans, and probably from some of the darkest...

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One of his great grandfathers was John Hathorne (Hawthorne added the "w" to his name when he began to write), one of the judges at the 1692 Salem witch trials. ... When you see the title of this short story "Young Goodman Brown", you can infer some things from it at first sight. ... He is shocked to see all the people he believed to be good puritans behaving like evil wizards and witches, as part of a secret demoniac sect. ... Later when they meet Goody Cloyse, she recognise him as the Devil and they share a magic recipe used by the witches to fly with their broomstick. ... If we analyse the s...

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What where you for Halloween as a child? If you were a witch, you probably had to go buy a hat, a mask, a cape, and a broom to complete the ensemble. ... Becoming a witch involves a process, just as assimilation does. In the two short stories, Barbara Mellix's, "From Outside, In," and Alice Walker's, "Everyday Use," they both tell a story of individuals making the necessary steps towards assimilation. ... This is shown here, "Mama," Wangero said sweet as a child. ...

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Hawthorne's Portrayal of Puritanical Hypocrisy Throughout time, there have been many great American novelists and short story writers. ... From writing several successful novels, and many short stories, Hawthorne has introduced the way of life in Puritanical America to many readers. ... The father of her child has also deserted her and never even speaks to her concerning their child. ... "Young Goodman Brown" is a short story that demonstrates hypocrisy in a different way than The Scarlet Letter. ... He engages in a witch festival in the middle of the night and sees many members of ...

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Virgil career all started when he was a sophomore in high school when he realized that he was one class short and took up cartooning. ... Tex Avery made him an animator at Lantz in 1935, and Ross then followed Avery over to Schlesinger's witch later on became Warner Brothers. ... When I was just a child me and my famalie moved to the untied states from Portugal, and taking English on as a second language, it was these cartoons I watched every day that made my first day of kindergarten much more pleasant When asked, what piece of work was his favored the most, "Rhapsody Rabbit" hands d...

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Witch hunts are constantly being created and reconstructed, but a few of the more popular and publicized of these cases are the Red Scare, The Child Molestation cases, and the Salem Witch Trials. ... It started after a false accusation from a confused child and the mother of the child quickly sought "justice- for her child. ... Lastly, the Event that gave rise to the name, there was The Salem Witch Trials. ... Quite a few witch hunts have developed from the September eleventh tragedy. ... After his surprisingly short career at the nation's primary biodefence lab at fort Detrick in Frede...

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One short, rhymed version of the Wiccan Rede states "Eight words the Wiccan Rede fulfill: An it harm none, do what you will." ... A man named Gerald Gardner was the first to come into the public eye with description of what modern witches were practicing. His information came from the traditions of a coven called the New Forest Witches, and from Ceremonial Magick and the Kaballah. ... Artefact recalls witches' shadow January 28, 2004 - BBC News A chilling reminder of our superstitious past has been unearthed from a rural farmhouse. The "witch bottle" was discovered buried in old...

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