Seahawk10490 Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 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? Its better to be judged by twelve, than to be carried by six. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_OnE Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giordano Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Just made it up (the girls, not history :wink: ) "The cry of the poor is not always just, but if you never hear it you'll never know what justice is." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy500fan Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 well, since witchcraft isnt possible they made it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawk10490 Posted September 14, 2006 Author Share Posted September 14, 2006 You cant really prove that. Theres no proof agianst or fo the ability to summon, curse, control people. Its better to be judged by twelve, than to be carried by six. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_OnE Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy500fan Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 summoning people? cursing people? id hate to see the person that believes that is possible... :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilsdragon Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 One(or a couple) of the girls admitted that they had made the whole thing up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakerules13 Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacab Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 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. : We don't rebel to sell it just suits us well, we're the bright young things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigra00 Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Ignorance of the times + religion. Seems when those two combine, lots of people usually die. :lol: The popularity of any given religion today depends on the victories of the wars they fought in the past. - Me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
____ Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawk10490 Posted September 14, 2006 Author Share Posted September 14, 2006 (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 better to be judged by twelve, than to be carried by six. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest XplsvBam Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aznhuskarl Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 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. -=Aznhuskarl=- Cleric-=20Cent=- JuggernaughtMore to come... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knives669 Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unknownmasterofnothing Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 I read a book about the little girls who started it all, but I'm not sure if thats a myth or truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_OnE Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy500fan Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctp080188 Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 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... SHH HUT YUH MUH. DERKHED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jak722 Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 The popularity of the Crucible blurred people's thoughts about the subject unfortunately... Good to read though. :-k The Enrichment Center reminds you that the weighted companion cube will never threaten to stab you and, in fact, cannot speak. In the event that the weighted companion cube does speak, the Enrichment Center urges you to disregard its advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Make7upu101 Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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