What Was The Significance Of The Salem Witch Trials?

During 1692, from June to September, 24 people died due to accusations from people who assumed they were witches. Many historians have come up with possibilities and answers as to why civilized people would kill each other. Using the evidence provided, The Salem Witch Trial Hysteria was caused by jealousy, supremacy, and segregation.

The girls had danced naked in the forest, which goes against the codes, this leads to the accusation of them attempting witchcraft in the forest with the help of Tituba. Tituba has background knowledge on witchcraft

Abigail consistently intimidated the village girls. One night the girls were caught dancing in the woods naked by Reverend Parris. Abigail threatened the other girls she would kill them if they ever said what they were actually doing, which was conjuring spirits. Abigail was the one who had

First off, Abigail, the other girls in the town, and Tituba were all dancing in the woods. They were conjuring spirits and cooking in a pot. When Abigail's uncle caught them, they all ran off. Dancing was forbidden and considered witchcraft. Abigail did not want to deal with the consequences of her actions.

pressure from Abigail and the other girls copying what she says so she confesses to the court by

Abigail starts to realize that everyone will know about the dancing and she starts to get nervous and blames all of it on Tituba. Abigail says that Tituba made Betty and her go out and dance around. Tituba gets scared for her life so she confessed to seeing other people who were witches and serving the devil. Tituba

Abigail convinced the girls to keep their mouth close, about what had really happened in the forest. One of the girls, Mary Warren. Tired to get Abigail to tell what really happened. Abby we’ve got to tell witch cherys a hang in err, a hanging like they’ve done in Boston 2 years ago. We must tell Abby you’ll only be whipped for dancing; and other things [pg.919].

The play opened with the girls doing something considered taboo in Puritan society, dancing in the woods. The girls involved in this were Abigail Williams, Betty Parris, Mary Warren, Ruth Putnam, and a few others. Tituba, Reverend Parris’s slave from Barbados was also with them. All of the girls involved were caught by Reverend Samuel Parris, the minister of Salem. When Reverend Parris catches the girls dancing in the woods, his daughter Betty Parris becomes

One night, a group of girls decide to follow a slave of reverend Parris, Tituba, into the woods. All the girls brought an item thrown into the pot wishing for something to benefit them. Abigail wishes Elizabeth Proctor to be dead so she can marry John Proctor. Tituba sings her barbados songs while the girls dance around in a circle, which dancing in such ways in Salem is forbidden. Some of the girls undress while dancing and as Tituba sings and swings a dead

The Salem Witch Trials, which started in 1692 and ended in 1693, was a major event that changed history and affected America greatly. A young group of puritan girls accused many lower class women of practicing witchcraft. There were many trials held to see if there was proof of this. 20 people died during this time and many others were held in jail until they could go to trial. This really affected us because it showed how poorly built the trials were; this made us see that we should change and give a fair trial to others. The Salem Witch Trials are significant because many innocent people were accused of witch craft and never did it but were still killed or put into trial because the girls said it was true and they’d see visions. We

In this time it is suggested that what they were doing was inappropriate and very frowned upon. Abigail admits to dancing but the other girls pretend to be sick or dying to escape the punishment that should be given to them. Abigail is accused of conjuring spirits. She denies it but accuses Tituba, a slave, and Ruth Putnam of conjuring spirits and witchcraft. Pushing the attention to Tituba and Ruth Putnam keeps the tension that Abigail wants without threatening herself. This is the next step that is accepted by the people and explodes throughout the town.

The Trials begin with Abigail Williams’ tale of the night she was caught dancing in the woods with Tituba when her cousin, Betty, fell ill. Parris, her uncle, queried about the events of the night. Abby starts her tale by claiming that they were merely dancing, but as Parris reveals how much he really saw, Abby changed her story by saying they were singing Barbados songs that Tituba had taught them, the first sign of Tituba’s blame (Miller, 11). Suddenly, after more towns people appeared and rumors of witchcraft surfaced, Abby began claiming that

Abigail was a servant in Proctor´s house. Elizabeth was not a very loving woman. Proctor fell for Abigail created an affair with her. “After he had confessed it to Elizabeth, she dismissed her from her service because she did not want to tell the people in Salem that the reason was the affair between John and Abigail.” (Dulain). Abigail, Tituba and the girls went to the forest in the morning. They danced and murmured words, Abigail drank blood to curse John Proctor’s wife Elizabeth, and she would do anything to have John Proctor. Reverend Paris fond blood, Abigail and the girl’s dancing, and mercy naked. Abigail knew drinking blood is a form of witchcraft, so she tries to cover up on what they actually did in the forest. She threatens the girls to not say a word or she will harm them. "Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, about the other things, and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you." (Miller)

Abigail Williams is the leader of the girls. She was the first one who got blamed for this. She is the first one who lied and blamed all of the witchcraft on Tituba. Abigail wanted to hide the truth because she feared of getting caught, and what would happen. She lied

After Abigail Williams and the girls are discovered dancing in the forest by Reverend Parris, there are rumours of witchcraft among them, when Betty Parris and Ruth Putnam are found "witched". Once the girls discover this, they become more and more frightened of being accused of witchcraft. Abigail is the first to "admit" to seeing the devil, and all the other girls join in, so