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.