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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.
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