Salemwitch Trials

When Betty Parris, daughter of Reverend Samuel Parris, lay in bed breaking into fits of convulsions and hallucinations, I believed there were people selling their souls to the Devil, and signing their contracts. Yes indeed, I was among those that accused Goody Bishop, Goody Good, and Goody Osbourn, believing that Goody Bishop did indeed partake in voodoo magic, sticking pins into dolls and cursing their human bodies. I know that I have indeed wrongly accused her as a witch, of her sending her spirit out to slaughter our chickens, for these witch trials ascended into ridiculous accusations, especially with my aunts dear sister, Goody Nurse, and not in any way re

This is all a lot of tomfoolery; the afflicted girls simply search for someone to accuse, and then fall and scream in court when they are brought to trail, and use the excuse of spectral evidence that the people who stands accused has risen out of their bodies to torture them in their sleep. Looking in the crowds and choosing the next victim, they have even caused a child to be imprisoned, little Dortha Good, who still remains trapped in chains. They are dissatisfied when the judge pleads the victim innocent, and will strive to persuade the judges to plead otherwise. If Tituba had not spoken a falsehood, perhaps the entire witch-hunt would never have happened. Her, with her talks of red rats, talking cats, and tall men dressed in black. It is a load of posh; all ridiculous nonsense of Satan making her sign his book. However, I can understand why she would confess; if she had said otherwise, she would definitely be hanged, and would be used as a scapegoat for Betty Paris¡¯s convulsions. I can see the fear in these hallucinations of Betty¡¯s, there had been a recent outbreak of small pox before, and in addition to the never-ending fear of Indian attack. It would be logical to define it as witchcraft. However, it is illogical to imprison over 200 people.

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