If he had shared Martin’s letter to his wife, the men would not have been hung, but Martin asked Mr. Davies to keep the letter private and he respected Martin’s request. Since Mr. Davies was a well respected man, people listened to his argument for the men’s innocence. A few people were convinced by Mr. Davies’ arguments. He tried his hardest to convince everyone but the posse wouldn’t change their minds. The posse was sure the three men were the rustlers.
Kelsy Chou The Leader of the Role Abigail Williams, in The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, is a character that is not always truthful, always get things to her advantage, and always know how to use her power. In Act One of the book, her role is the manipulator of the witchcraft confrontation, and the leader of the girls. During the witchcraft confrontation with Reverend Parris, Abigail denies everything. Her magnificent skills in lying and manipulating are demonstrated throughout Act One. Not only does she deny doing witchcraft, she also manages to accuse Tituba of having full responsibility while she is the one who starts the whole thing.
Analytical Essay on the individual living in Salem in The Crucible Being a part of the Salem community was something dangerous because no matter what you did, you were bound to be accused of witchcraft. In The Crucible, it starts out with Tituba being accused, Reverend Parris’ slave, because of her coming from Barbados, being of low social status in the town, and because the girls needed someone to blame it on. Tituba was then being whipped, so she needed to accuse someone else. In this case she was accusing out of fear for her life; she then accuses Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne. These two women were two poor women of low social status and here they are being accused.
In 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts, a series of afflictions, convictions, accusations, and even executions played out known as the Salem Witch Trials. Among the over 200 people accused of practicing witchcraft was a woman by the name of Susannah North Martin. She lived in colonial Massachusetts of said time period and as a widow of 67 was executed for performing witchcraft, in conjunction with many other innocents blamed for similar faults. Witchcraft was known as the “Devil’s magic,” and many assorted Christians and often Puritans had a strong belief that the Devil could grant certain mortals power to harm in turn for their loyalty; these mortals were known as witches. Among the “witches” convicted were Sarah Osborne, Tituba, and Sarah Good, who had all been in a distressful state.
Another example of Huck’s altered views is when he witnesses the Duke and Dauphin being humiliated in public. On pg. 174, Twain writes, “...here comes a raging rush of people… I see they had the king and the duke, though they was all over tar and feathers… It was a dreadful thing to see. Human beings can be awful cruel to one another”. The townspeople poured hot tar on the two frauds and covered them in feathers.
Anyone with odd names, weird looks, or were found mumbling chants, were accused of witchcraft and were put to death. Herbal potions or homemade medicinal concoctions were thought to be witches brew, they would be confiscated and the owner taken to jail. Women were the most common gender to be accused of witchcraft. Out of all of the witch trials in England, eighty-five percent were women and only fifteen percent were men. Women sometimes wore long black dresses and were sometimes thought to be witches because of their dress.
As both Danforth and the judges oppress over him, Proctor cannot bring himself to sign, and ultimately leads himself to his own death. “How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!” (Miller 133) In saying this, Proctor emphasizes the emotional strain which people were brought under during the trials. The reluctancy of Proctor to sign away his name allows him to make a much greater impact on the trials, and ultimately serve as a martyr against the corrupt system. The belief that people should not have to lie is one which comes up a lot in Proctor’s life.
In the Salem Witch Trials, Sarah Good, Sarah Osbourne and Tituba were the first three women to be accused of witchcraft for allegedly afflicting Betty Paris and Abigail Williams, two young girls, with a demonic disease. They had been accused of witchcraft out of rumors about their “outcast” natures and eccentricities by other girls and were sent to jail despite any tangible evidence of their alleged connection with witchcraft. A spread of accusations arose within Salem following their arrest, most of which had their basis in rumor rather than on concrete evidence. During the period of McCarthyism, Senator Joseph McCarthy accused two hundred and five people of being “card carrying” communists in a speech in Wheeling, Virginia. He accused government employees,
Introduction "Almost as soon as it had begun, the hysteria that swept through Puritan Massachusetts ended" (Linder - page 1). The Salem witch trials occured in 1692 and ended in 1693. Women were accused of being witches and using witchcraft to harm other people in the village. The trials began when three young girls became ill with an unknown disease. A local doctor diagnosed the girls as being possessed by the devil.
He didn’t care what they thought of him because he knew already that almost everyone in Maycomb spreads terrible rumors about him so he was fearless. “Don’t let the fear get down in you break out of it to repair yourself.” (Unknown author) This quote relates to Boo and kind of what he believes in since he repaired himself by showing