Gallagher The Causes of Hysteria of Salem Witch Trial Salem was a village in New England back in the year 1692, which is now known as the town of Danvers, Massachusetts. Back in the 1692s witchcraft beliefs in New England and Europe was spread all over. This essay will discuss specifically what caused the hysteria of the Salem witch trial of 1692 that hit the coastal town of Salem village. The first cause that was articulated to be the cause of Salem witch trial was teenage boredom. This revolves
There comes a time when revealing the truth to a given set of events is left in the hands of the people which are buckled down on interpreting it. Amongst the most historic and famous witch purges of the medieval ages, those in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692 are the most prominent. The witch shakeups in Salem are widely considered an atrocity, based on the fact that over 150 people were arrested and more than 25 were executed based on the false testimony of a small group of teenage girls attempting
Far from Tolerance: The Causes of the Salem Witch Trials On March 24, 1692, Rebecca Nurse, an elderly woman and respected member of Salem Village, was arrested on suspicion of witchcraft (Rosenthal Document 23). She was accused based solely on the testimony of four young girls who claimed that the apparition of Rebecca Nurse had severely harmed them. Many witnesses testified in favor of her, but ultimately the "afflicted girls" prevailed. Nurse was executed on July 19, 1692 (Godbeer 185). She
throughout this gothic romance that malevolently affects both protagonists and antagonists, known as moral corruption. This reoccurring theme is most prevalent in namely the three main characters; Hester Prynne, Roger Chillingworth and Arthur Dimmesdale. Hawthorne creates a dystopia in the small Massachusetts Bay Colony of Salem during the 17th century, where the people condemn and damn such individuals who go against the grain so to speak. In essence, the townspeople desire a perfect world, a utopia, where