... dead and she also believes that Abigail Williams will succeed if the witch-hunt continues. Why does Hale visit the proctor house? Hale visits the Proctor house to test the religious values of the household. He is traveling from house to house doing this as he is new in the town and wishes to gain some depth of understanding of those in the village. What things are "suspicious" about Proctor and his family? Proctor ... Putnam having George Jacobs arrested for witchcraft so that he could buy his land. 3) Mary Warren's confession that the whole thing is pretence and the girls are not reall...

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... unbelievable, but it is true. Searching for a possible reason for this phenomenon, I am thankful to have read the book of Rosemary Ellen Guiley entitled, The Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits. It gave me the answer I longed to find. It is called the witching hour', on which Guiley described as "the time when ghosts, fairies and other supernatural beings are about on earth and are most likely to be ... unhealthy or dead babies. Also, widowed women who resided alone, are also in danger of allegations, especially old women who mutter as if cursing at someone. The presence of a broomstick ...

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... more children became victims of this, the hunting for the witches who were to blame for the girls sickness began to get more serious. By the end of February 1692, not one, but three witches had been named. These women were Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba, all residents of Salem Village. Tituba was very poor. She worked as a servant in the Parris's house and was a Caribbean ... born in Barbados in the West Indies. Reverend Parris brought Tituba to New England when he was still a merchant, and after this she married John ... felt more confident and sure that their beliefs were true...

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