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... knows this guy will be thrown in jail. Another example of fearing for your life occurs when John Proctor tried to clear the names of Rebecca Nurse, Elizabeth Proctor, and Martha Corey. He got a testament of 91 people, who don't think these three women have anything to do with witchcraft and/or the devil. These people were scared to put their ... ...
... provides us with a set of natural explanations, including vengeance, jealousy, ambition, fear and hysteria. Vengeance comes with Abigail wanting to destroy Elizabeth Proctor so she can John for herself while Martha Corey is accused of witchcraft by a man who says she once sold him a sick pig. Jealousy is with Mrs. Putnam, who envies Rebecca and her large family, when there is ... ...
... the judge at the witch trials. He is a honest person and he roots out witchcraft. Giles Corey is an elderly farmer in Salem. He files lawsuits and is married to Martha Corey, who has been accused of witchcraft too. Giles dies because he is pressed to death with large stones. Tituba is Reverend Parris's black slave from Barbados, and also performs ... ...
... stand for trial. The penalty for such a refusal was peine et fort, or pressing. Three days after Corey's death, on September 22, 1692, eight more convicted witches, including Giles' wife Martha, were hanged. They were the last victims of the witchhunt. By the time the witchhunt ended, nineteen convicted witches were executed, at least four accused witches had died in prison ... ...
