Salem Witch Trials What was the cause of the Salem Witch Trials? In the 300 hundred years since the Witch Trials in Salem, there has been much speculation concerning whether those accused of witchcraft in 1692, were in fact witches or merely the object of the hysteria that raged through New Englan...
Social tensions led to Bridget Bishop being called a witch. ... (Bishop) Bishop fought frequently with her various husbands in public. ... Bishop was known to drink, gamble and play the forbidden game of shovel. "Bishop was in the habit of dressing more artistically than "the women of the village"." ... (Hysteria) Because Bishop dared to go against the strict Puritan philosophy she was put on trial as a witch. ...
As many people accused each other of doing witch craft throughout colonial Massachusetts, a special court in Salem had to hear the cases; the first convicted witch, Bridget Bishop, was hanged that June. Eighteen others followed Bishop to Salem's Gallows Hill, while 150 more men, women and children were accused over the next several months. ...
The Salem Witch Trials: Justifiable or unnecessary punishment? It all began in a little reserved colony of Salem Village, Massachusetts. Here, in 1692, mass hysteria about witches went on for little under a year. Salem Village was established by a group of families from an over crowded city f...
"There is a clear parallel between the events in Salem in 1692 and the political investigation of Senator McCarthy in 1950's America. What are the particular characteristics of the play which make its story timeless and universal?" The Crucible highlights the tendency in America to witch-hunt. ...
Witchcraft Witchcraft, a religion practiced all around the world, has caused feelings of hate, fear, and rage. In Salem, the witch trials left few survivors. The trials accused innocent and guilty. Witchcraft has spread through Salem and all the world. The town killed many people that were ac...
