Miller leaves the audience with a negative impression of the affect that these with power can have over others as he conveys the suffering that can result from such situations. Abigail lies to conceal her affair, and to prevent charges of witchcraft. Lowering her eyes to Parris, Abigail innocently pleads “we never conjured spirits”. Abigail shifts the focus away from herself, finding an avenue of power and takes full advantage of it. Ruthlessly accusing others of witchcraft she changes her story as a desperate act of self-preservation, “I danced with the devil; I saw him; I wrote in his book; I go back to Jesus; I kiss his hand.
If the declaration had been functioning during those past moments, it would have occured, most likely, that the victims of the illegal charge of witchcraft, might have been given a life-time jail sentence and not the death-penalty by being hanged or crushed. Another article that had been clearly violated during the Salem witch trials was article five, which states that "everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law". Many thought of the women accused of practicing witchcraft to be diabolic and inhuman ; in fact, they were thought of human figures of the devil. This would clearly interfere with the judge´s veredict and it would be almost impossible for the victimis to save themselves from being condemned to death. If these victims of whom most were in their late fifties, had been seen as people who are just like us, they would have been saved from such destiny.
These killings would cause contradictions between the church's action and its teachings from the Bible. Voltaire, a philosopher and author of the famous story Candide, depicts his thoughts in satire, writing styles. And through the satire he is able to hint throughout out the story of the silliness and hypocritical actions taking place during the Enlightenment. Mocking religion is one of the main intentions Voltaire has when writing Candide. Outside of the world of El Dorado, religion is depicted as corrupt and morally bankrupt.
However, that very court was itself guilty of unjustifiably assuming that the accused were guilty of witchcraft and would sentence them to death unless they admitted to such. Unlike others that have been blamed, Rebecca Nurse would rather hang than to bear false witness against herself and others. Even on the day of Rebecca’s execution she shows no bitterness while someone in her position would be consumed with fear. Likewise, Robert and Connie Roberson, leaders of a Pentecostal church, are devout Christians that are accused of raping and abusing children. The accuser was the foster daughter of the police officer whom Mr. Roberson had earlier publicly criticized for his “… zeal in making arrests on sensational accusations” (Egan 1).
After a protracted discussion of the topic of who is to blame for the demise of Macbeth, the blame has come to rest upon the Three Witches. Within the play Macbeth, the Witches have done numerous things to cause the demise of Macbeth; influenced him through prophecies and apparitions, spurred his killing spree and manipulated him. From the outset, the Witches show Macbeth prophecies which lead to his downfall. These prophecies are the root of Macbeth’s misfortunes and evil doings, push Macbeth and Lady Macbeth to act upon their evil thoughts, and alter Macbeth from a loyal soldier to a traitor. First and foremost, the Witches were the root of Macbeth’s misfortunes and evil doings.
Divine Command Theory In this essay, I will explain and critique four arguments offered to trounce the view known as the Divine Command Theory. The Divine Command Theory states that X is morally right if and only if God says so, just because God said so. According to this view, whether something is right or wrong depending on whether or not it violates one of the commands God has given. For example: “If the Divine Command Theory is true, then adultery is wrong just because God commanded that adultery is not permissible. Although, if God had not commanded that adultery is wrong, or if he commanded us to commit adultery, then it would be the morally correct thing to do.
According to the people of Salem, everyone belongs to either God or the devil; there is no contended medium. Difference within oneself is degrading, which relates to the continuous trials of witchcraft. Danforth states: “A person is either with this court or he must be counted against it.” Being the terminal meaning of reestablishing the purity of Salem, the hanging of witches is a declaration of intolerance. The theme of hysteria also plays an important role in The Crucible. Hysteria leads the people of Salem to believe that those who were friends are executing witchery and associating themselves with the devil.
A persistent myth in the historiography of Witchcraft and the Witchcraze is the idea that underneath the distortions of the witch hunters and the hysteria of alleged “Devil Worship” was a real “Witch religion” that the Church was suppressing. The idea that the craze was about something that was nonexistent is very hard for a lot of people to swallow. The modern origin of this notion can be reduced to three figures. The French historian Jules Michelet in his book La Sorciere1, published originally in 1862. Another writer who helped to launch the idea of an organized Witch religion was the writer Montague Summers, who wrote among a number of Books on Witchcraft, including The History of Witchcraft and Demonology, who published translations of many Witch Hunter manuals including the infamous Malleus Maleficarum, published 1486, by Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger.
The jury agreed with the verdict of not guilty by reason for insanity. The Queen of England was outraged and demanded the review of the British insanity rule. The British House of Lord composed new standards known as the M’Naghten Rule. The M’Naghten rule established specific test to be applied to see if a defendant is indeed
Body Paragraph #1 A. Topic sentence : Arthur Miller’s development of Fear in The Crucible is parallel to the fear that was experienced in the 1950’s. B. CD #1: Abigail accuses Tituba of being a witch and to prevent herseld from being hanged, Tituba confesses that she was doing witchcraft (Miller 45-49). C. CM #1.A. : Being accused of being witch in Salem, Massachusetts was alarming because even if one was innocent, they are still held guilty D. CM #1.B: One could infer that the morals of society dictated that a person wasn’t “Innocent until proven guilty” but rather they were “guilty until proven innocent.” E. CD #2: “ [ In Hollywood] blacklists were quickly circulated of