Witchcraft in the Salem Village and The Crucible

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Witchcraft was as a capital crime in seventeenth-century New England. A hysteria over it was caused by a group of girls. (Kent 95). Witchcraft was considered a terrible crime throughout Europe; its punishment was death by hanging or burning. (Dolan 8). Everyone in the village of Salem believed in witchcraft, and only a few have tried to use it. (Kent 18). In 1692, Salem Village hysteria was a major event in United States history, which will never be forgotten. The people of Salem were caught up in a hysteria of accusing many innocent woman of witchcraft, even though it started as just a couple young girls who had acted strangely. Witchcraft was a terrible crime that was punishable in severe ways. Witchcraft was a major crime in the seventeenth-century in New England. In 1692, in the village of Salem there were strange things happening to the people. (Dolan 4). Due to witchcraft in the Salem Village many women were accused of being witches. ("Salem Village"). A witch was believed by witchcraft experts to leave his or her body at night and travel freely. (Kent 26). Witchcraft and witches was believed by many people in the Salem village. The belief of witchcraft was thought of as an evil in the Salem Village. There was always danger that an innocent person might be accused of witchcraft. (Kent 15). Witchcraft was one of the highest crimes in the colonies. (Kent 15). Everyone in the village of Salem believed in witchcraft, and only a few have tried to use it. (Kent 18). Witchcraft in the Salem Village was caused by a group of young girls that wanted to have fun until the situation got out of hand. The hysteria in the Salem Village was caused by young girls. A couple of young girls in Salem Village began to get strange symptoms tha... ... middle of paper ... ...atient and in late February, Mary Sibley, the aunt of one of the suffering girls, decided to do some harmless white magic to find out the truth. (Kent 20). She told Tituba and her husband to make a “witch cake,” which was made by flour mixed with girls’ urine, and fed it to the dog. (Kent 21). It seemed that the cake worked its magic because the girls started giving names, and Betty Parris was the first to speak, and accused Tituba. (Kent 21). The Crucible is a well-written play that has great meaning behind it. Witchcraft in the Salem Village and the Crucible are based on the same topic of witchcraft. The Crucible, a play by Arthur Miller, is based on the story of the Salem witchcraft crisis. (Kent 107). Miller did not hold tightly the historical events in the play. (Kent 107). The play gave a powerful sense of the witchcraft hysteria. (Kent 108).

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