Comments
1.A few weeks after the number of accused witches totaled at thirty six, the number nearly doubled going up by thirty.
2.The pastor, George Burroughs, who the Putmans tried to get arrested for debt a few years before was accused of being the leader of the witches in Salem.
3.The afflicted people started accusing people who they never even meet before, but claimed were there. Spectators attacked them
4.This only failed in one case of getting a man accused when the afflicted where asked to identify the man but could not and he was set free.
5.With more and more people being accused it put economic stress on Salem because people had to pay jail fees and travel long distances to see their loved ones.
Questions
1.What did the total number of witches increase by after a few weeks?
2.Who was accused as the leader of the witches?
3.Who did the afflicted children start accusing?
4.What stresses were people in Salem enduring?
Vocab.
1.Spectator - a person who looks on or watches; onlooker; observer.
2.Economic - involving or pertaining to one's personal resources of money
3.Leader - a person or thing that leads.
literary terms
1.simile. the devil is once again compared to a man all dressed in black.
2.climax. the story is still in its climax more then likely it will end with death.
Final Comment
Salem is now entering the point I can only describe as a massacre.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Monday, December 29, 2008
A Delusion of Satan - The Full Story of the Salem Witch Trials
Comments
1. The witchcraft hysteria is at an all time in Salem at this point. Now anyone who crosses the girls is accused of witchcraft.
2. The examiner, John Hathorne, still never doubts that any of the accused are guilty.
3. The total amount of witches in prison is up to thirty six. Even Giles Cory, who helped send his own wife to jail, was accused.
4. There are only a few people who the Pittman’s or the girls would never dare accuse. Whole families were even accused of witchcraft.
5. The girls still say they see a man in black with a hat which is supposed to represent the devil or a man in white which represents Christ.
Questions
1. Who are the girls accusing?
2. Who are they not accusing?
3. What is the total amount of witches in jail?
4. What does the main in black represent?
Vocab
1. Represent- to serve to express, designate, stand for, or denote, as a word, symbol, or the like does;
2. Christ- Jesus of Nazareth held by Christians to be the fulfillment of prophecies in the Old Testament regarding the eventual coming of a Messiah.
3. Examiner- an investigator who observes carefully
literary terms
1. situational irony. After helping send his own wife to jail Giles Cory was sent for the same exact thing
2. climax. At this point the story is right in the middle of the climax.
Final Comment
Witchcraft has now turned into a weapon for little children to use against adults
1. The witchcraft hysteria is at an all time in Salem at this point. Now anyone who crosses the girls is accused of witchcraft.
2. The examiner, John Hathorne, still never doubts that any of the accused are guilty.
3. The total amount of witches in prison is up to thirty six. Even Giles Cory, who helped send his own wife to jail, was accused.
4. There are only a few people who the Pittman’s or the girls would never dare accuse. Whole families were even accused of witchcraft.
5. The girls still say they see a man in black with a hat which is supposed to represent the devil or a man in white which represents Christ.
Questions
1. Who are the girls accusing?
2. Who are they not accusing?
3. What is the total amount of witches in jail?
4. What does the main in black represent?
Vocab
1. Represent- to serve to express, designate, stand for, or denote, as a word, symbol, or the like does;
2. Christ- Jesus of Nazareth held by Christians to be the fulfillment of prophecies in the Old Testament regarding the eventual coming of a Messiah.
3. Examiner- an investigator who observes carefully
literary terms
1. situational irony. After helping send his own wife to jail Giles Cory was sent for the same exact thing
2. climax. At this point the story is right in the middle of the climax.
Final Comment
Witchcraft has now turned into a weapon for little children to use against adults
Sunday, December 14, 2008
A Delusion of Satan - The Full Story of the Salem Witch Trials by Frances Hill
Comments
1. The trial of Martha Cory was just as if not more unfair than any of the trials so far.
2. In this trial like all the others the questioning started with why you did it. Right from the beginning they assumed she was guilty because everyone thought the afflicted were not lying so always assumed what they said was true.
3. Martha Cory was the only one in the meeting house that even had the slightest idea that the girls were lying which was used against her when she was questioned "So you don’t believe in witches" even though Tituba confessed she was a witch.
4. Martha was questioned so harshly that she even began shouting that “you are all against me". She was sent to Salem prison.
5. Martha was a powerful woman and it does not surprise me that an even more powerful person named Abigail Williams was accused.
Questions
1. What was the question they always started with when questioning Witches?
2. Who was the only one who thought the girls were lying?
3. What did Martha shout in the meeting?
4. Who was the next person accused?
Vocab
1. Unfair. Not conforming to approved standards, as of justice, honesty, or ethics.
2. Prison. A building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction.
3. Harshly. Grim or unpleasantly severe.
Literary terms
1. Satire. Martha does poke fun at the thoughts of witches even though it is very serious.
2. Irony. Martha was so sure she could prove that the girls were lying but in the end she couldn't and was thrown in jail.
Outline.
It is clear by the readings that no one ever questioned the girls.
1. The trial of Martha Cory was just as if not more unfair than any of the trials so far.
2. In this trial like all the others the questioning started with why you did it. Right from the beginning they assumed she was guilty because everyone thought the afflicted were not lying so always assumed what they said was true.
3. Martha Cory was the only one in the meeting house that even had the slightest idea that the girls were lying which was used against her when she was questioned "So you don’t believe in witches" even though Tituba confessed she was a witch.
4. Martha was questioned so harshly that she even began shouting that “you are all against me". She was sent to Salem prison.
5. Martha was a powerful woman and it does not surprise me that an even more powerful person named Abigail Williams was accused.
Questions
1. What was the question they always started with when questioning Witches?
2. Who was the only one who thought the girls were lying?
3. What did Martha shout in the meeting?
4. Who was the next person accused?
Vocab
1. Unfair. Not conforming to approved standards, as of justice, honesty, or ethics.
2. Prison. A building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction.
3. Harshly. Grim or unpleasantly severe.
Literary terms
1. Satire. Martha does poke fun at the thoughts of witches even though it is very serious.
2. Irony. Martha was so sure she could prove that the girls were lying but in the end she couldn't and was thrown in jail.
Outline.
It is clear by the readings that no one ever questioned the girls.
Friday, December 12, 2008
A Delusion of Satan - The Full Story of the Salem Witch Trials
Comments.
1. There is a lot of evidence in this book that the trials were mainly started because of political reasons between the Parris, Putnam families, and all those who opposed them.
2. The Putnam family wanted to control the church they were trying to establish which is the main reason they got rid of Burroughs. It is also the main reason they hired Parris who was compliant with the Putnam family.
3. When they started to lose power and got put in a disadvantage that's when the which trials began and how odd is it that it was only their children who are getting afflicted.
4. Also they then started to accuse Martha Cory who was a very powerful women of which craft even though she was a devoted Christian.
5. It is obvious that the trials were just to gain power and destroy.
Questions.
1. Why did the Putnam's support Parris?
2. Why did the Putnams get rid of Burroughs?
3. When did the children start to get afflicted?
4. Who was Martha Cory?
Vocab
1. Control.To exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command.
2. Disadvantage.Something that puts one in an unfavorable position or condition.
3. Power.The possession of control or command over others.
Literary Terms
1.Irony. Martha's remarks that suggest the children lying are actually used to convict her.
2. Antagonist. The Putman and the Parris families are the main people everyone struggles with.
Outline.
So, it turns out that the trials were actually started because of political power.
1. There is a lot of evidence in this book that the trials were mainly started because of political reasons between the Parris, Putnam families, and all those who opposed them.
2. The Putnam family wanted to control the church they were trying to establish which is the main reason they got rid of Burroughs. It is also the main reason they hired Parris who was compliant with the Putnam family.
3. When they started to lose power and got put in a disadvantage that's when the which trials began and how odd is it that it was only their children who are getting afflicted.
4. Also they then started to accuse Martha Cory who was a very powerful women of which craft even though she was a devoted Christian.
5. It is obvious that the trials were just to gain power and destroy.
Questions.
1. Why did the Putnam's support Parris?
2. Why did the Putnams get rid of Burroughs?
3. When did the children start to get afflicted?
4. Who was Martha Cory?
Vocab
1. Control.To exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command.
2. Disadvantage.Something that puts one in an unfavorable position or condition.
3. Power.The possession of control or command over others.
Literary Terms
1.Irony. Martha's remarks that suggest the children lying are actually used to convict her.
2. Antagonist. The Putman and the Parris families are the main people everyone struggles with.
Outline.
So, it turns out that the trials were actually started because of political power.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
The Delusion of Satan-The Full Story of the Salem Witch Trials
Comments
1. This part of the book goes into a detailed account of the trials of the women Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba.
2. In the trials any argument that Sarah Good or Sarah Osborne made about being innocent was turned against them.It was also obvious that the afflicted girls had been told what to say because when Good, Osborne, Tituba came in the room the girls started throwing fits.
3. Tituba was the only one who confessed. She started describing the devil and saying it was him, Good, Osborne, and two unknown people who tried to make Tituba do evil and eventually succeeded. Tituba responce was that she was sorry.
4. Some were still not convinced and the woman were put in jail to wait for further examination.
5. The father of one of the afflicted girls, Mr. Putnam, was what you can say a evil man. Numerous times he tried to get a man named George Burroughs put in Jail for so called debts.
Questions
1. Do you think the girls were faking the fits in court?
2. Do you think Tituba was lying?
3. Why do you think they were attacking Good and Osborne in court?
4. Do you think the court trial was rehearsed?
Vocab.
1. Fits. A temper tantrum where a person starts to usually move violently.
2. Afflicted. To inflict grievous physical or mental suffering on.
3. Confessed. To admit or acknowledge.
Literary terms.
1. Irony. Tituba is the only one to confess even though she is the one who has to defend herself the most.
2. Setting. The setting has switched to mainly to the Meeting house.
Outline.
It is growing more and more obvious that the girls are lying.
1. This part of the book goes into a detailed account of the trials of the women Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba.
2. In the trials any argument that Sarah Good or Sarah Osborne made about being innocent was turned against them.It was also obvious that the afflicted girls had been told what to say because when Good, Osborne, Tituba came in the room the girls started throwing fits.
3. Tituba was the only one who confessed. She started describing the devil and saying it was him, Good, Osborne, and two unknown people who tried to make Tituba do evil and eventually succeeded. Tituba responce was that she was sorry.
4. Some were still not convinced and the woman were put in jail to wait for further examination.
5. The father of one of the afflicted girls, Mr. Putnam, was what you can say a evil man. Numerous times he tried to get a man named George Burroughs put in Jail for so called debts.
Questions
1. Do you think the girls were faking the fits in court?
2. Do you think Tituba was lying?
3. Why do you think they were attacking Good and Osborne in court?
4. Do you think the court trial was rehearsed?
Vocab.
1. Fits. A temper tantrum where a person starts to usually move violently.
2. Afflicted. To inflict grievous physical or mental suffering on.
3. Confessed. To admit or acknowledge.
Literary terms.
1. Irony. Tituba is the only one to confess even though she is the one who has to defend herself the most.
2. Setting. The setting has switched to mainly to the Meeting house.
Outline.
It is growing more and more obvious that the girls are lying.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
A Delusion of Satan - The Full Story of the Salem Witch Trials
Comments
1. Around the time the trials took place there was a huge threat of Indian attacks in Salem. All these attacks were supposedly all the Indians fault because they killed Christians even though the colonists took Indian land, brought diseases, and broke treaties.
2. They feared them so much that they even called them the Devils servants. this idea that all Indians worked for the Devil was started by a man named Cotton Mather.
He also started preaching about Witchcraft and that Satan was in Salem.
3. Eventually three woman were arrested for bewitching the girls they were Tituba, Sarah Good, and Sarah Osborne.
4. During their trial the man who questioned the women only asked questions that would incriminate them not giving them a chance to prove their innocence.
5.The court found Sarah Good guilty and led Sarah Good away for witchcraft. it was only based on this mans opinion even though it was ridiculous.
questions.
1. What did the Indians do that made the colonist see them as Satan's servants?
2. Who started the idea of the devil in Salem?
3. Was the trial of Sarah Good Fair?
4. In your own thoughts tell why it was not fair.
Vocab.
1. Indian. The original people of the Americas.
2. Innocence.Freedom from legal or a specific wrong.
3. Incriminate.To accuse of or present proof of a crime
literary terms.
1. simile. Indians are compared to devilish servants.
2. characterization. Sarah good is described as a young innocent girl.
Outline
This was the start of the blood bath that was about to begin.
1. Around the time the trials took place there was a huge threat of Indian attacks in Salem. All these attacks were supposedly all the Indians fault because they killed Christians even though the colonists took Indian land, brought diseases, and broke treaties.
2. They feared them so much that they even called them the Devils servants. this idea that all Indians worked for the Devil was started by a man named Cotton Mather.
He also started preaching about Witchcraft and that Satan was in Salem.
3. Eventually three woman were arrested for bewitching the girls they were Tituba, Sarah Good, and Sarah Osborne.
4. During their trial the man who questioned the women only asked questions that would incriminate them not giving them a chance to prove their innocence.
5.The court found Sarah Good guilty and led Sarah Good away for witchcraft. it was only based on this mans opinion even though it was ridiculous.
questions.
1. What did the Indians do that made the colonist see them as Satan's servants?
2. Who started the idea of the devil in Salem?
3. Was the trial of Sarah Good Fair?
4. In your own thoughts tell why it was not fair.
Vocab.
1. Indian. The original people of the Americas.
2. Innocence.Freedom from legal or a specific wrong.
3. Incriminate.To accuse of or present proof of a crime
literary terms.
1. simile. Indians are compared to devilish servants.
2. characterization. Sarah good is described as a young innocent girl.
Outline
This was the start of the blood bath that was about to begin.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
A Delusion of Satan - The Full Story of the Salem Witch Trials
A Delusion of Satan - The Full Story of the Salem Witch Trials
Comments
1. The two children the Pasture Parris had were both afflicted by the witchcraft the most. Even to the point where doctors said this is the work of Satan.
2. The affliction of the children could have been caused by a number of things like Parris himself had scared the kids by saying that evil is all around them or it could have been about the girl's desperate cry for attention that may have caused them to unconsciously continue the hysteria.
3. Witchcraft itself was said by the Puritan's to be an evil religion when it is actually based on loving mother earth and honoring nature by having a God for everything.
4. The belief that witchcraft is evil was more than likely based on the Puritans ideas of all other religions being wrong which lead to false blame and misunderstanding of the Religion.
5. It seemed that the girls where deceiving their parents without knowing it. Then because everyone believed them the girls started to say that they could see other people in their visions at night.
Questions
1. Do you think that doctors back then actually knew what they were doing?
2. What did Parris do that scared the children so much?
3. Was witchcraft actually a evil based religion?
4. Do you think the girls are telling the truth?
Vocab
1. Satan.The chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
2. Religion.A set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe.
3. Visions.A mental image produced by the imagination.
Literary Terms.
1. Dramatic Irony. We know that the people accused are more than likely going to die but they don't.
2. Verbal Irony. The Puritans believe that witchcraft was founded for evil purposes even though it was actually the exact opposite.
Outline
This just shows that witchcraft was just make believe and that it was thought to be evil even though the religion is founded on the belief of good treatment of the world.
Comments
1. The two children the Pasture Parris had were both afflicted by the witchcraft the most. Even to the point where doctors said this is the work of Satan.
2. The affliction of the children could have been caused by a number of things like Parris himself had scared the kids by saying that evil is all around them or it could have been about the girl's desperate cry for attention that may have caused them to unconsciously continue the hysteria.
3. Witchcraft itself was said by the Puritan's to be an evil religion when it is actually based on loving mother earth and honoring nature by having a God for everything.
4. The belief that witchcraft is evil was more than likely based on the Puritans ideas of all other religions being wrong which lead to false blame and misunderstanding of the Religion.
5. It seemed that the girls where deceiving their parents without knowing it. Then because everyone believed them the girls started to say that they could see other people in their visions at night.
Questions
1. Do you think that doctors back then actually knew what they were doing?
2. What did Parris do that scared the children so much?
3. Was witchcraft actually a evil based religion?
4. Do you think the girls are telling the truth?
Vocab
1. Satan.The chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
2. Religion.A set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe.
3. Visions.A mental image produced by the imagination.
Literary Terms.
1. Dramatic Irony. We know that the people accused are more than likely going to die but they don't.
2. Verbal Irony. The Puritans believe that witchcraft was founded for evil purposes even though it was actually the exact opposite.
Outline
This just shows that witchcraft was just make believe and that it was thought to be evil even though the religion is founded on the belief of good treatment of the world.
Saturday, December 6, 2008
A Delusion of Satan - The Full Story of the Salem Witch Trials
Comments
1. In Massachusetts there were signs of hysteria in some children which explains the accusations of witch craft in Salem but this hysteria was kind of odd.
2. The people who experienced it did act in ways that seemed inhuman. Such as that for some reason one girls tongue was stuck at the top of her mouth in a semi circle for a whole day and even though that doesn't sound like much there were men who tried to pull it down with their fingers but they couldn't.
3. The afflicted people exhibited babbling, unexplained shaking, and they always clung to religious items.
4. Parents of the children started to accuse an Irish Catholic woman and she was brought to court for putting demons in their children.
5. The Puritans did not like Catholics, and they convicted this women which probably had a lot to do with the fact she was speaking Gaelic and it was hard to understand.
Questions.
1. What were some of the signs of hysteria?
2. Do you think the children were faking or not?
3. Was the Trial fair in your opinion?
4. What do you think was happening to the children?
Vocab.
1. hysteria. An uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear, often characterized by irrationality, laughter, weeping, etc.
2. inhuman. not suited for human beings
3. demon. An evil spirit; devil or fiend.
Literary terms
1. Simile. The children were compared to demons.
2. Setting. Outside of Salem in the late 16th Century
Outline
This book really goes in to detail about some of the reasons people thought other people were witchs and it almost makes it make sense why they were so afraid of them.
1. In Massachusetts there were signs of hysteria in some children which explains the accusations of witch craft in Salem but this hysteria was kind of odd.
2. The people who experienced it did act in ways that seemed inhuman. Such as that for some reason one girls tongue was stuck at the top of her mouth in a semi circle for a whole day and even though that doesn't sound like much there were men who tried to pull it down with their fingers but they couldn't.
3. The afflicted people exhibited babbling, unexplained shaking, and they always clung to religious items.
4. Parents of the children started to accuse an Irish Catholic woman and she was brought to court for putting demons in their children.
5. The Puritans did not like Catholics, and they convicted this women which probably had a lot to do with the fact she was speaking Gaelic and it was hard to understand.
Questions.
1. What were some of the signs of hysteria?
2. Do you think the children were faking or not?
3. Was the Trial fair in your opinion?
4. What do you think was happening to the children?
Vocab.
1. hysteria. An uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear, often characterized by irrationality, laughter, weeping, etc.
2. inhuman. not suited for human beings
3. demon. An evil spirit; devil or fiend.
Literary terms
1. Simile. The children were compared to demons.
2. Setting. Outside of Salem in the late 16th Century
Outline
This book really goes in to detail about some of the reasons people thought other people were witchs and it almost makes it make sense why they were so afraid of them.
Friday, December 5, 2008
A Delusion of Satan - The Full Story of the Salem Witch Trials
Comments
1. Right from the start this book shows you how ridiculous the Salem Witch Trials were.
2. The Salem which trials were fueled by a church pastor who scared and made his daughter Abigail Parris troubled for the rest of her life. originally it was said a slave named Tituba started it but this is speculation.
3. Salem was a very small town which was out right pure in Puritan beliefs maybe if it wasn't the situation would not has been as bad. the Puritans radical beliefs caused them to dole out hard punishments to people like for example it says that a man on the Sabbath after three years at sea kissed his wife and was then forced to sit out on a rock for two hours in the cold.
4. The witch hunt ideas had started within England so naturally being apart of a New England colony the hunt started.
5. The two main accusers in the trials one being Abigail actually was practicing fortune telling.
Questions
1.What is the main thing this book does from the beginning?
2.Who was the main cause of the Salem Witch Trials and the one who got everyone involved?
3.What does the fact that the Puritans punished a man just for kissing his wife on the Sabbath?
4.what was one of the major accuser's in the trials practicing?
Vocabulary.
1.Witch. A person, now esp. a woman, who professes or is supposed to practice magic, esp. black magic or the black art; sorceress. .
2.Sabbath. the first day of the week, Sunday, similarly observed by most Christians in commemoration of the Resurrection of Christ.
3.Trial. the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
Literary terms
1.setting. Salem between 1691 and 1693.
2.situational irony. One of the accusers was actually practicing fortune telling.
Outline
1. This book's beginning was very interesting showing the madness that was the Salem Witch Trials beginning.
1. Right from the start this book shows you how ridiculous the Salem Witch Trials were.
2. The Salem which trials were fueled by a church pastor who scared and made his daughter Abigail Parris troubled for the rest of her life. originally it was said a slave named Tituba started it but this is speculation.
3. Salem was a very small town which was out right pure in Puritan beliefs maybe if it wasn't the situation would not has been as bad. the Puritans radical beliefs caused them to dole out hard punishments to people like for example it says that a man on the Sabbath after three years at sea kissed his wife and was then forced to sit out on a rock for two hours in the cold.
4. The witch hunt ideas had started within England so naturally being apart of a New England colony the hunt started.
5. The two main accusers in the trials one being Abigail actually was practicing fortune telling.
Questions
1.What is the main thing this book does from the beginning?
2.Who was the main cause of the Salem Witch Trials and the one who got everyone involved?
3.What does the fact that the Puritans punished a man just for kissing his wife on the Sabbath?
4.what was one of the major accuser's in the trials practicing?
Vocabulary.
1.Witch. A person, now esp. a woman, who professes or is supposed to practice magic, esp. black magic or the black art; sorceress. .
2.Sabbath. the first day of the week, Sunday, similarly observed by most Christians in commemoration of the Resurrection of Christ.
3.Trial. the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
Literary terms
1.setting. Salem between 1691 and 1693.
2.situational irony. One of the accusers was actually practicing fortune telling.
Outline
1. This book's beginning was very interesting showing the madness that was the Salem Witch Trials beginning.
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