Ghazala Noor Hist 117A U.S. History: 1600-1877 Monday 6:00 – 9:10 Was the Salem Witchcraft Hysteria a Product of Women's Search for Power? The two articles in this Issue seek to answer whether the witchcraft hysteria was a product which helped women get power or not. Lyle Koehler is the more persuasive author arguing: yes it was a product of women search for power. In the past, at sixteen to seventeenth century, women had no rights like men, they fought for their rights; however, they didn't get freedoms till the nineteenth century. The most plausible reasoning for the Salem witch trials was that the women were trying to show social equality and they wanted to seek attention.
the defense lawyer for the Sarah Good witchcraft trial, and I am pleading for you to compromise and understand the facts. Sarah Good may have been part of the lower class and was looked down upon but she was well known by some of her neighbors she had seemed to be “pleasant and friendly.” You have come up with these wild attacks on my client, has it occurred to you that all these accusations may merely be lies from the community to get rid of this innocent human. “Sarah Good what evil spirit have you familiarity with?” “The Examination of Sarah Good” Without solid evidence you try to prove my client guilty and constantly abuse your powers to harass her. From these three children you bring your judgments they are not to be trusted, they
Kitty, however, fit more so in the background as her role was not as instrumental in the actual scheme of selling drugs. While Cecelia and Stopper were more hands on, they also set parameters as they primarily sold to other women in an attempt to create a safer space and avoid belligerent and potentially dangerous male customers. Though women were stepping out and making themselves more noticeable in different arenas, the drug arena was still not exactly the ideal place for women to earn a living. Kitty played more of the traditional role, working under her husband, and the father of her child, Splib, as opposed to making a name and way for herself to exclusively providing for her two-year old son. Unlike the men, women didn’t desire the chance to seem tougher than what they were.
Macbeths downfall is due to one thing and one thing only. Ambition. However, he did not act alone. The fire of his desire for power were fed not only by his own hunger, but also by his wife and the three witches. There are some that may blame those very witches that Macbeth encounters as he and Banquo make their way home from the battlefield.
John Proctor was definitely not a man without mistakes, but I believe that he did more good than bad in the end. Some of his actions were bad, but you have to look at the situation he was in. John Proctor was a victim of the Salem Witch Trials. The Salem Witch Trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts, between February 1692 and May 1693. In the book, The Crucible, a young group of girls are accusing people around the town as being bonded with the devil.
Though the accused witches were not strictly female, the accused were predominantly women and more specifically older women, older women were seen as more fragile and impressionable so the devil could convince them to do his dirty work quiet easily.POV Two Dominican monks, Kramer and Sprenger, wrote a handbook used to identify witches by the Inquisition. In this book they explained that women are more credulous and carnal then men so they are more often found to be the devil’s workers. They think they know what they know because they are men and view women as a weaker sex. They are biased against women and are clearly sexist as they chose to blame women for being
The European Witch Craze started roughly during conclusion of the 15th century and peaked during the first half of the seventeenth century. When it came down to it women were accused as being witches in Salem more than men and a lot of women confessed. Maybe women were being accused because of the Puritans attitudes towards women, sin, and the devil. There could be many reasons why women were accused of being witches than men. It could have been their appearance, the time, or the gender roles.
Some say the horror of the witch trials was so profound that its supernatural echoes can still be heard on Salem's streets. The first seeds of trouble arrived with the Puritans in 1630. It was a family dispute in Rev. Samuel Parris' household in 1692 that sparked the hunt. Parris' slave, Tituba, taught his daughters and other women in the community 'witchy' little games that were just intended to be fun and entertaining.
Not one of the researchers believed that testing and overserving the men was unethical. Because the participants did not know in reality what they were being tested for, this study was wrongfully executed. Finally, the study showcased influential power. The testes were offered small yet desirables things such as free checkups, therapy if necessary, and rides to the clinics. Being that the subjects were financially handicapped, they willingly agreed to be tested for “bad blood.” Overall, this study was wrong morally.
Austin Meyer R10286217 The Crucible In 1692, the Puritans believed in the supernatural power of witchcraft and that the devil is responsible if anything bad happens. This belief in sorcery plays a very important role in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible and sets the tone for how the play progresses. In the small Massachusetts town of Salem, religion is viewed as law and anything that goes against the bible is considered a dreadful sin. During this time, a person’s name meant everything to their honor and respect from others. An easy accusation of one’s name could tarnish their reputation and ruin their career.