Would you rather have no conflict and never change, or accept conflict and change for better or worse? Which would you choose? Recent studies have shown that conflict is one of many agents that causes change. Conflict is a strong force that changes people. Conflict affects everyone eventually in some way. Examples of conflict can be found in literature, history and life. This has been proven throughout history and continues to be proven today. One prime example of the effects of conflict is the short story “The Interlopers” by Saki. In the story “The Interlopers”, the von Gradwitzes and Znaeyms have been feuding over land rights for many years. As the story develops, we learn that the hatred between Ulrich and Georg seems to stem far from …show more content…
In 1692 two girls were staying together and trying the art of fortune telling. It was said that the slave Tituba had influenced them to do this by telling them old witch tales. Though nobody really knows what exactly happened that day, the two girls started having very strange fits. A doctor was called and he claimed the girls were bewitched. The doctor did not know then, but he had started a chain of events that would lead to the death of twenty women. As hysteria began to spread, there were eight young girls who decided they would fake what Betty and Abigail had done. Some families started to accuse the other families they were feuding with and this is what caused the upcoming conflict with several women. These women’s cases were presented in court and there was little to no evidence that these women were actually guilty. The eight afflicted girls claimed they could see the sprit of the accused attacking them and it was used as “spectral evidence.” As a result of this “spectral evidence” twenty Salem women were either hanged, burnt at the stake, or crushed to death. As the amount of accusations began to be absurd, people began to question if the accused were really witches or not and if the “spectral evidence” was really credible. This event made people begin to realize that it was just a way for feuding families to get back at each other. The community started to realize how wrong what they were doing actually was. The events that had happened led to a change in the acceptable evidence in court systems. This change of attitude resolved the situation and quite possibly helped the world learn from the wrongfulness of the unfair
The Salem witch trials of 1692 were one of the bloodiest witch-hunts in America colonial history. The event started in the house of the new minister of Salem, Samuel Parris, when his daughter, Betty, suffered from mysterious symptoms, and later she accused her slave, Tibuta, for using witchcraft on her. Later, two other women, Sarah Goode and Sarah Osborne, were accused of using witchcraft on other girls; right after the accusations, they were arrested (Lecture 9/13/2016). As a result, the hunt of witches began which led to hundreds of arrests, and nineteen accused were hanged (Text 190). Although three hundred years have passed, the true cause of the episode remains a mystery. Many scholars have conducted numerous studies of the trails, however,
The Salem Trials took place between the 10th of June and the 22nd of 1692 and in this time nineteen people. In addition to this one man was pressed to death and over 150 people where sent to jail where four adult and one infant died. Although when compared to other witch-hunts in the Western world, it was ‘a small incident in the history of a great superstition,’ but has never lost its grip on our imagination’ . It’s because of this that over the last three centuries many historians have analysed the remaining records of the trials in order to work out what the causes and events were that led to them.
Conflict in a story helps to make the story more interesting and eventful, this story has a lot of conflict between Georg and Ulrich. ‘A fierce shriek of the storm had been answered by a splitting crash over their heads, and ere they could leap aside a mass of falling beech tree had thundered down on them.’ The conflict of the beech tree falling down on them, helps create excitement which in return makes you wanna keep reading. By adding conflict the author makes the story more interesting to read, and makes more and more readers want to read it.
During the time of the Salem Witchcraft Trials of 1692, more than twenty people died an innocent death. All of those innocent people were accused of one thing, witchcraft. During 1692, in the small town of Salem, Massachusetts many terrible events happened. A group of Puritans lived in Salem during this time. They had come from England, where they were prosecuted because of their religious beliefs. They chose to come live in America and choose their own way to live. They were very strict people, who did not like to act different from others. They were also very simple people who devoted most of their lives to God. Men hunted for food and were ministers. Women worked at home doing chores like sewing, cooking, cleaning, and making clothes. The Puritans were also very superstitious. They believed that the devil would cause people to do bad things on earth by using the people who worshiped him. Witches sent out their specters and harmed others. Puritans believed by putting heavy chains on a witch, that it would hold down their specter. Puritans also believed that by hanging a witch, all the people the witch cast a spell on would be healed. Hysteria took over the town and caused them to believe that their neighbors were practicing witchcraft. If there was a wind storm and a fence was knocked down, people believed that their neighbors used witchcraft to do it. Everyone from ordinary people to the governor’s wife was accused of witchcraft. Even a pregnant woman and the most perfect puritan woman were accused. No one in the small town was safe. As one can see, the chaotic Salem Witchcraft Trials of 1692 were caused by superstition, the strict puritan lifestyle, religious beliefs, and hysteria.
Conflict has forever been in human history and will undoubtedly stay in human history. Conflict has evolved during the period of 1700’s to the 1900’s and was used to settle disagreements and ultimately advanced war as a whole.
The Salem Witchcraft Trials of 1692 were the largest outbreak of witch hunting in colonial New England up to that time. Although it was the largest outbreak, it was not something that was new. Witch-hunting had been a part of colonial New England since the formation of the colonies. Between the years 1648 to 1663, approximately 15 witches were executed. During the winter of 1692 to February of 1693, approximately 150 citizens were accused of being witches and about 25 of those died, either by hanging or while in custody. There is no one clear-cut answer to explain why this plague of accusations happened but rather several that must be examined and tied together. First, at the same time the trials took place, King William's War was raging in present day Maine between the colonists and the Wabanaki Indians with the help of the French. Within this war, many brutal massacres took place on both sides, leaving orphaned children due to the war that had endured very traumatic experiences. Second, many of the witch accusations were based on spectral evidence, most of which were encounters of the accused appearing before the victim and "hurting" them. There were rampant "visions" among the colonies' citizens, which can only be explained as hallucinations due to psychological or medical conditions by virtue of disease, or poisoning.
As we may already know, the town of Salem was subject to an epidemic of the accusations of witchcraft that lasted over ten months. Witchcraft of this time period was not taken lightly. In England alone over 40,000-60,000 people were killed after being found guilty of witchcraft. Needless to say the people found witchcraft as a virus that infected the town. The first cases started off with the daughters of Samuel Parris, the town minister, accusing his slave, Tituba, of being a witch. She claimed that she and others in the town were witches and there was even a wizard. The town broke out in hysteria in further months. Over 100 people were put in jail because of accusations. The council that were to find these people’s innocence or guilt were corrupted as well because to claim innocence meant you were guilty and if you were to claim guilt you could be redeemed. Many of the items found incriminating were pins and voodoo dolls. Many of these people faced the psychological terror of being pressured into claiming guilt to a crime, you didn’t commit in front of a committee and scared the community to death that they were going to be subjected to. Many of the witnesses to these trials were said to have undergone physical distress or act inhumanly. Many historians say to these records that since their body was put under so much strain and fear of the witchcraft that surrounded them all the time, their bodies going through strange changes such as paralysis or temporary blindness with no real cause rather than stress. But many historians also believe the witnesses were voluntarily acting and committing fraud against the others. But why was this such an enigma to understand why this small town in New England was all of a sudden becoming a cen...
The notorious witch trials of Salem, Massachusetts occurred from June through September. It is a brief, but turbulent period in history and the causes of the trials have long been a source of discussion among historians. Many try to explain or rationalize the bizarre happenings of the witch hunts and the causes that contributed to them. To understand the trials and how they came to be, we must first examine the ideals and views of the people surrounding the events. Although religious beliefs were the most influential factor, socioeconomic tensions, and ergot poisoning are also strongly supported theories. A combination of motives seems the most rational explanation of the frenzy that followed the illness of the two girls. This paper looks closely at the some of the possible causes of one of the most notable occurrences in history.
Salem, Massachusetts was a peaceful village where many puritan men and women lived. That is, it was peaceful until, early in the year of 1692, a young woman in the town changed the lives of everyone there. Abigail Williams and a group of girls from the village were caught dancing in the woods with a slave by the name of Tituba. Shortly after two girls in the group fell ill. People in the town heard what had happened and began to assume the girls were ill because they had been exposed to witchery. When the parents of the girls began to question Abigail, to save herself from being punished she told them that Tituba and one of the girls had been conjuring spirits. The people believed her and when Abigail saw this she saw an opportunity to get revenge on people who had angered her.
During the month of January 1692, bizarre conditions were sweeping across the small town of Salem Massachusetts. A group of young girls claimed to be possessed by the devil, and accused several local women of witchcraft, henceforth starting the infamous Salem Witch Trials. Amongst the first girls to display abnormal behavior were young Betty Parris and her cousin Abigail Williams. They were experiencing convulsive seizures, screaming uncontrollably, and were in a trance-like state. When called, the physician came and examined the girls, finding no natural cause of such disturbing behaviors. Since no sign of physical infirmity was found, the town reasoned that the girls had been bewitched. Later on, the community pressured the girls into revealing
Before understanding how to deal with conflict, one must understand what conflict is. Conflict can be defined as, “any situation in which incompatible goals, cognitions, or emotions within or between individuals or groups lead to opposition or antagonistic interaction” (Learning Team Toolkit, 2004, pp 242-243). Does the idea of conflict always have to carry a negative connotation? The growth and development of society would be a great deal slower if people never challenged each other’s ideas. The Learning Team Toolkit discusses three different views of conflict: traditiona...
Conflict can be described as a major disagreement or opposing interests or ideas. Whenever people work together, conflict can most often be expected. Conflict is a normal and natural part of any workplace usually resulting from the differences in employees' personalities and values. . When it occurs, there is a tendency for morale to be lowered and a decrease in productivity. While conflict is a normal part of any organizational setting, the challenge of conflict comes from how you choose to deal with it. Masking, avoided or otherwise ignoring conflict will most likely fester and grow into bitterness, create withdrawal or cause discord and spitefulness within an organization. Addressing conflict in a timely manner is important to maintaining a healthy work environment. Believing that a conflict will simply disappear is an incorrect assumption to make because simple conflicts can grow into major problems if not dealt with appropriately.
Conflict is rarely something anyone enjoys. By applying some simple thought to conflict and conscience effort to seek resolution, conflict can be survived and new growth can be generated from it.
According to Hocker and Wilmot, Conflict is a fact of human life. It occurs naturally in all kinds of settings. Nations still struggle, families fracture in destructive conflict, marriages face challenges and often fail, and the workplace is plagued with stress, bullying, avoidance of real communication and blaming. (Hocker & Wilmot.,
We each possess unique ideas, opinions, beliefs, and feelings about specific situations in life. This uniqueness is a large part of what makes us human. Because we all have our own individual way of looking at things, we each have a different viewpoint on what is proper or improper. With all that variation in society conflict is inevitable! Conflict is antagonistic in nature and we all must find ways to work through conflict issues both at work and at home. This paper describes different types of conflict, the influences I personally had in learning to deal with those conflicts, some of the conflicts that I commonly experience, how I go about dealing with those conflicts, and how conflict affects me on a personal level.