"There is more to be said then hath been for the clearing up of difficulties about the matter of witchcraft" (Sutler 23). The Salem witchcraft trials were one of the last outbreaks of witchcraft hysteria, certainly the largest in the new world, occurred from 1692-1693. 141 people were arrested as su...
"There is more to be said then hath been for the clearing up of difficulties about the matter of witchcraft" (Sutler 23). The Salem witchcraft trials were one of the last outbreaks of witchcraft hysteria, certainly the largest in the new world, occurred from 1692-1693. 141 people were arrested as su...
If a person sinned they had to confess it, regret it, a perform some act of penance. To avoid being hanged many people in The Crucible confessed to sins they did not commit. ... Adultery was one of the worst sins someone could commit. ... It was an atrocious sin for children to even dance, so to avoid punishment they would pretend to be under the spell of the Dev . ...
