Salem Witch Trails Pt. 1
1. Being accused of being a witch was terrifying. I tried arguing that I wasn't a witch! Why wouldn't they believe me? Finally, after much interrogation, I just gave in. I told them that I was indeed a witch. Anything to stop the screaming and accusations. I was sent to jail for something that wasn't at all true. But I guess they liked my "honesty" because they let me go! It was so terrifying and thankfully God had mercy through those accusers and let me live. Praise God!
2. The fact that in the Crucible Ruth's real name was after her mother, Ann could be a minor difference. A big difference is that Reverend Hale never signed a single death certificate while in the play, he had signed 17. There are multiple key people in the real event who were not even mentioned in the play including, John Indian, Rev. Nicholas Noyes, Sarah Cloyce, and Cotton Mather. Giles Corey was never executed for refusing to name a witness.
3. I think that it is a very fair assumption that this certain type of poisoning caused the hysteria that seemed to be flowing throughout Salem at this time. The ones who claimed to be bewitched described how they felt and these symptoms matched up perfectly with the symptoms that you commonly see from ergot poisoning.
4. It is very strict as well as ruthless. There is very little forgiveness given for any mistakes that you should make or even just for saying "the wrong thing".
5. Everyone went a little overboard when it came to safety. Safety is a big key word. The Red Scare was the fear of the safety from Communism while the Salem Witch Trials were called to insure the safety of the "mortal" people of Salem.
6. The biggest similarity is of course the precautions taken due to fear of the unknown. The children were kept in internment camps due strictly to the fact that americans were unsure of how involved these American citizens were with Japan.
7. This statement means that if we are unaware or careless about what has happened in history, we are much more likely to allow it to be repeated because we are unaware of the signs of possible uprisings. We learn from history by the studies of what signs give away or advertise uprisings and how they were contained. The Crucible does a good job at explaining the overall view of the events but leaves out a few key details and characters. So I would say that it does a fair to poor job of really helping the reader to understand the full history of the Salem Witch Trials.
8. Just the European witch hunts during the 15th through 17th centuries during the Renaissance usually resolved in trials similar to the Salem Witch Trials, Torture, and even the deaths of those accused.
9. The most interesting thing that I learned from this assignment would be how it felt from the perspective of the accused "witches" and being able to go through more than one scenario.