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.