Today I heard someone talking about the Salem Witch Trials and I couldnt help but overhear them say several innacuracies and myths about the events.

 

If you dont know about the Trials, I suggest you read up on them they're quite interesting.

 

What I want know is whats your theory on the six girls who accused all the people? Were they really possed by Tituba, Sarah Good, and the others? Or were they lieing, and had schemed up an act to seem like there was a Spectre? Or do you have another theory?

In my opinion, it was all bull. I think that the girls made up the stuff. Then the excuse for every weird thing that happened was, "WITCH!!". Pretty stupid. Again, this is just my opinion.

Just made it up (the girls, not history :wink: )

well, since witchcraft isnt possible they made it up.

You cant really prove that. Theres no proof agianst or fo the ability to summon, curse, control people.

You cant really prove that. Theres no proof agianst or fo the ability to summon, curse, control people.

 

Yeah, but logically, it's unrealistic. Considering all the rules of science, it would be impossible to place curses, summon objects, and possess people.

summoning people? cursing people? id hate to see the person that believes that is possible... :lol:

One(or a couple) of the girls admitted that they had made the whole thing up.

hey, is this the thing where the girls in the village convinced there parents to kill all of the people they hated or something along those lines?

It was all a hoax.

 

1) Teenage boredom.

 

2) EXTREMELY strict "live-by-the-bible-or-die" lifestyles.

 

3) Chores chores and more chores.

 

 

 

Those three things were the general conditions of the Salem town, would drive any 16 year old to madness, it would.

 

 

 

So they made some stuff up got some people in trouble but hey, they were just having fun. They didn't have Runescape back then, but they did have fake witch possessing. :

Ignorance of the times + religion.

 

 

 

Seems when those two combine, lots of people usually die. :lol:

Ignorance of the times + religion.

 

 

 

Seems when those two combine, lots of people usually die. :lol:

Indeed. Witches, Heratics, etc.

 

 

 

 

 

Anyone who said anyone against the church usually ended up dead eventually.

(I know its not very likley but)

 

What about Tituba? She confessed to witchcraft and said she was cursing the girls, and signed her name in a tall devil like man from boston who claimed that hiss book was the Devils book?

 

I tihnk she wasnt lying, I do believe that she thought she was cursing the girls. And she did confess so her lfie would be spared.

Its obvious it was all made up. They were caught doing something wrong so they pointed their fingers. The only trouble was it wasn't meant to get out of hand and kill people.

Its obvious it was all made up. They were caught doing something wrong so they pointed their fingers. The only trouble was it wasn't meant to get out of hand and kill people.

 

 

 

 

 

Yes. They burn the suspicious women.

 

 

 

Ignorance of the times + religion.

 

 

 

Seems when those two combine, lots of people usually die.

 

 

 

hmm.. true. To be realistic, history had made this into:

 

 

 

Ignorance of the times + religion+Fear+Blame+Money+Power

 

 

 

Then a lot of people die.

 

 

 

What about Tituba?

 

 

 

If I remember from the novel I've read back at Highschool, she wasn't actually a witch. She did perform some witchcraft like chants and sacrifice, but she was already fingerpointed from her race {she's a mulato} and "her witchcraft."

 

 

 

I don't know about Sarah Good though.

I heard a theory once that the girls had been drinking alcohol, consumed some sort of fungus, became sick and on top of that started hallucinating. Seems logical.

I read a book about the little girls who started it all, but I'm not sure if thats a myth or truth.

My history teacher last year taught us about the Salem Witch trials in a fun but slightly cruel way. We had just finished a test the day before and we came into class she acted mad. She slammed the door when she walked in and the class got quiet. She proceede to tell us that she had reason to believe that some of us cheated on the test. She named 10 people, the 10 people least likely to cheat. Then she told us 10 to stand out in the hall. She walked out and as soon as the door shut she told us what was going on. She told us that when we walked back in, to act like we were going to the office. Anyway, it was real fun and she tied it all into the Salem Witch trials really well. One of my favorite teachers that I've ever had.

My history teacher last year taught us about the Salem Witch trials in a fun but slightly cruel way. We had just finished a test the day before and we came into class she acted mad. She slammed the door when she walked in and the class got quiet. She proceede to tell us that she had reason to believe that some of us cheated on the test. She named 10 people, the 10 people least likely to cheat. Then she told us 10 to stand out in the hall. She walked out and as soon as the door shut she told us what was going on. She told us that when we walked back in, to act like we were going to the office. Anyway, it was real fun and she tied it all into the Salem Witch trials really well. One of my favorite teachers that I've ever had.

 

 

 

hmm, that actually sounds like a pretty good idea for a teacher. wish more teachers were creative in the way they teach.

Ooo I acted out the Crucible back in school!! Yeah I played some random girl that could see a bird in the rafters.. meh. But yeah I agree with the majority, the girls made it up to cover up what they were doing, Abigail being the ringleader...

The popularity of the Crucible blurred people's thoughts about the subject unfortunately...

 

 

 

Good to read though. :-k

I really liked the reading and acting out the play in class and the movie's awsome.

 

 

 

Not so sure about the actual facts though. I heard it possibly had something to do with some type of hallucinogen.