During the witch trials he told his daughter to accuse George Jacobs of witchery so he could get his land after he was hung, because he was the only one with enough money to buy it(Miller 96). ... He was a very powerful man and he would do anything to keep that power even if it meant sentencing innocent people to death. ... He believed the evidence presented to him, and innocently sentenced people to death. ... There were many people that paid the ultimate price of death because of Danforth's greed. ... She alone was responsible for starting the whole mess, because it ...

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It all started off when Rev. ... Betty started to feel ill and not long after the other girls in the village started to feel the same way and started to see things that weren't there. " Its hard to say whether the girls believed they were possessed or whether the whole thing started as an act which got out of control." ... She came to America with her father, stepmother, and at least one sister. ... In October 1669, Christopher Bartlett sued George Martin because Susanna had called him a liar and a thief. ... If not she or he was sentenced to die. ...

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In 1950, Senator Joseph McCarthy started a massive anti-communist campaign. The threat of communism was real because of the Cold War. ... In The Crucible, John Procter and his friends refused to sign the confession, as a result they were sentenced to hang. ... Both of them started from nobody, with little control over anyone but themselves, to someone who could control anyone's fate. ... Each was sentenced from six months to a year in prison. ...

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People started to believe in witchcraft in order to explain chance happenings in life and blamed these happenings on the nonconformists, or "witches." ... The majority of the European states embraced Catholicism as the official religion, thus the start of the Inquisition and religious intolerance. ... Klaits claimed, "witch trails exemplify men's inhumanity to women." (51) The powerful witch figure was almost always portrayed as a woman because it fit perfectly with the notion that females were inferior to men. (Klaits, 51-2) Men believed that women were more susceptible to the calli...

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How would a town so concerned with religion react to such crazy accusations? ... He then discovers that Mary Warren, the family's servant knows much about the trials because of her role as a officer of the court. " You're coming with me, Mary, you will tell it in the court We will slide together into our pit; you will tell the court what you know.'' (80). ... It is because of a fear for Elizabeth's life that John realizes his individual responsibility to save his wife, as well as to protect other innocent people from being accused and sentenced to death. ... It is be...

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So to get themselves out of a potential death sentence, they started accusing innocent people. ... Her life was on the line because people believed the words of Abigail. ... Now, he knew the only way he could really save Elizabeth was by confessing that he had a romance with Abigail, and that Elizabeth had fired her because of it. ... Yet, her life was almost saved because of it. ... She knew that she should not have judged him to begin with. ...

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Nonetheless the Salem hysteria began with Betty Parris. ... Her sentence was death, as were the nineteen others convicted. ... This comes to a surprise to many, because it is commonly known that only women were put to death. ... A lot of the town people were starting to be against all the trials and mayhem. ... People today have learned to be calm and realistic when faced with tribulations. ...

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Woman were seen as a secretive sex with something to hide. ... Either tortured into admitting or found guilty on the basis of fact, the people were labeled as a witch and sentenced to their punishment. ... It gave a pressure to women to get married too because if they were seen as a good housewife with a good man by her side she wouldn't be accused. ... There has been a lot of deaths because of others accusing people of being witches. There has been approximately 400 deaths in England, 90 percent of them being women.12 Just because we live in a modern age with knowledge and technology tha...

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As time progressed a lot more girls started participating in the fun. ... Anyone could accuse anyone and some started using greed and vanity to get what they wanted. ... People believe she was accused because several dolls with pins stuck in them were found in her house. ... The weak and suffering accused were forced to walk up a huge hill because the cart could go no further. ... Each case ended with a death sentence against the accused. ...

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The town went into a panic when there were witches found and weird things started to happen. ... There are more and more pagans in this world because of all the wars we have been fighting. ... Witches have been thought to be advocates of the devil because they have demon like rituals that they follow. ... She was presumed guilty from the start. ... Rebecca came to Salem with her family in 1640. ...

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The play begins with a flustered Reverend Parris praying for Betty, his daughter, who is in a state of comatose. ... Paranoia starts to creep in, and Goody Putnam is the first to be seized by hysteria. ... Putnam enters with Tituba, and instantly Abigail points at Tituba Abigail: She made me do it! ... Only a few lines of dialogue later, Tituba is weeping and rocking, recounting her supposed experience with the devil and calling out names of people who had compacted with the Devil as well. ... Abigail starts a domino effect of hysteria, and it ultimately leads to the victim's death; this...

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(Woloch, 30) Lets start with the political problems of Salem. ... The farmers refused to worship with the merchants. ... Hysteria escalated because people could now use the trials as a means to control others. ... They were then found guilty and sentenced to jail or execution by hanging. ... (Hysteria) Because Bishop dared to go against the strict Puritan philosophy she was put on trial as a witch. ...

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