Mary Bloodsworth Short Story

It states, “I was hanged for living alone/ for having blue eyes and a sunburned skin,/ tattered skirts, few buttons,/ a weedy farm in my own name,/ and a surefire cure for warts” (lines 10-14). This passage demonstrates that the accused, typically, were considered abnormal by society. Mary lived alone, had tattered skirts, few buttons, and a weedy farm. These were things that may Puritan households did not have. Furthermore, her treatment for warts may have been considered magic or witchcraft by Puritans. So, these characteristics of Mary may be considered odd to society. She was made a target for witchcraft allegations, because she was considered

Mary was often mistreated for her beliefs. She was criticised by the likes of Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridely. People started to call the Queen ‘Bloody Mary’ and called her ‘The Monstrous Murderer’. I can gain this information from Source B. This tells me that Latimer criticised rich people as well as Catholic people and was a preacher. Ridely was a Bishop of London. This source is reliable as Source C shows Latimer and Ridely getting killed in the woodcut. I also know from my own knowledge and other internet resources that Mary was called ‘The Monstrous Murderer’. Mary was also accused of being a witch. The source that tells me this is Source H. This shows a picture of Mary blessing rings which are supposed to cure sickness. I feel this image is trying to portray that Mary had powers. This piece should not be trusted. We know that witches are not actually real. However, the person who has created it surprised me.

In 1675, New England sees war breakout between Native American and English forces. Over one half of New England’s towns and settlements are rampaged by Indians, and both sides suffer thousands of casualties. However, through the bloodshed and wreckage, one woman lives to tell the story of her capture by Native Americans. Mary Rowlandson, the lucky survivor, spends eleven weeks in brutal captivity, after being seriously wounded and seeing her own child die in her arms. How she survives her experience is nearly impossible to pinpoint directly, but her devotion to her religion can be tied to her method of survival. Rowlandson’s commitment to her religion equips her with a coping mechanism and keeps her thoughts positive during her

As Mary’s story unravels, she continues to suffer long hours of work, starvation, and separation from her family. She reads her holy bible and is constantly reminding herself that God is with her and will see her through these trials. Her spirits are lifted her master agrees to sell Mary to her husband, and her mistress begins the journey with her, but before long the mistress decides not to go any further and they turn back. Not long after, she starts to loose hope that she will ever be reunited with her family. She becomes discouraged, and her spirit

Most observers now agree that witches in the villages and towns of the late Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century New England tended to be poor. They were usually not the poorest women in the community, but the moderately poor. Karlsen tries to show that a woman who was vulnerable was most likely to be accused of being a witch. Even women who had gained wealth because of the death of a husband were prime candidates.

She made her into the village and through the square to set up her market stall of curiosities, her display is a large array of fruit or flowers in the forest, sometimes she would find owl pellets and would sometimes dissect them to see what the owls have been eating. Often, she would display books that she has written one book was titled ‘The Modern Medicines’. One of the villagers picked it up and attempted to read it and her face was puzzled, she remembered them looking at her and saying to her ‘What’s all these here squiggles on this pa’er Mary?’ She placed it down and walked to the vegetable stall.

Mary says, “(in terror). I cannot(2,990),” John “strides and catches her(2,988),” John says, “My wife will never die for me! I will bring your guts into your mouth but that goodness will not die for me(2,990)!” As Mary is “struggling to escape him(2,993).” She continues telling him, “I cannot do it, I cannot(2,994)!” John then says, “(grasping her by the throat) Make your peace with it(2,995)!” Then, “He throws her to the floor, where she sobs, “I cannot, I cannot . . .(2,998).” John is very stubborn and prideful. When his wife is convicted, he thinks he has to save her. He goes to the point of physical abuse to get his way. John makes Mary his punching bag, someone he can take his problems out on. He physically abuses her even though Mary is not the reason Elizabeth is convicted of being a witch.

The trials first began because a pubescent girl named Abigail was in love, and likely in a sexual relationship, with a man named John Proctor. Abigail worked for the Proctor family as a sort of housekeeper, and Proctor’s wife Elizabeth was skeptical of her husband and Abigail’s relationship, so Goody Proctor discharged Abigail, and began spreading foul rumors about her in Salem (Miller).

A group of young girls started to accuse several women of participating in witchcraft, or even worse that they were being possessed by the devil. But this is only an effect of where it all truly began, when these girls mentioned before, whose names were Elizabeth Parris and Abigail Williams, started to display strange behavior which consisted of them making odd sounds abnormal screams, and contorting their bodies or in some cases throwing objects. After this occurrence both girls started to claim that an invisible being was scratching and biting them. After them many young girls started to act similarly. This event unleashed a series of merciless and callous trials, which claimed where for the hunting down of the malicious beings that corrupted their community. Most of the people accused, declared themselves as not guilty, and pleaded their innocence till their death, which was in fact a cause of such harsh

”A Burned Letter, Conflicting Stories, and an Absent Son HelpedSend Mary Surratt to the Gallows.” paragraph

Mary Rowlandson was held captive by the Wampanoag peoples. In this narrative she gives details on what happened to her while she was a prisoner for weeks. Mary was captured along with her three children, two of which she was separated from and the other one died in Mary’s arms on the ninth day. She then went and saw her ten year old, who, upon seeing her mother, broke down in tears resulting in them not being able to have much further contact. Her captors made her march along for miles until they reach a river that they crossed on canoes. Mary stays there a while sewing and knitting for some of the Native peoples living there. She then is given a knife in which she promptly returns to her master, who lets her go see her son. She gets lost in

Throughout the entire story, Mary is a very interesting character. She faces many issues in dealing with her husband’s news that he is leaving her. She reacts based on her instincts and kills her husband and this shows her cold heartedness. In the end she has to create an alibi to cover up her devious crime in which she has to manipulate the police into eating the evidence. Mary is a very unique complex character and she has, through her actions conducted a devious crime in which she will be proven innocent. Through the use of Many Maloney’s character, as well as irony and suspense, the author was able to maintained the interest of the reader throughout the entire short story.

who the monster really is and how he acts when he encounters the monster. Mary shows that

and his whip” (240). On one occasion Mary was tied to a tree and beaten

However, three girls had a knowledge about how to escape, how to hide from chasers, and that the rabbit proof fence lead them to their how town. They escaped with a little water and food. On the way, sometimes they killed small animals, sometimes they begged the farmers to get food that was rare case. They slept in bushes and always buried ashes not to let adult chase them. Therefore, adult could not find them even they wrote article about " find the girls because they are poor and have no food, so we have to protect the pity girls!" in local newspaper, because the girls always told the farmers that they came from north and were on the way to go to south, which was apposite meaning. But they had several problems. First, on the way, they got injured on foot not heavy but deteriorating, so sometimes Molly who is oldest had to carry her sisters in her arm. Finally, they needed mother and father. They were too young to escape from adult and walk 1600kilometers. However, their journey would almost be done because of their wise and incredible endurance. It was happen close to their hometown. The youngest girl Daisy wanted to go to city located near by the place they were, and she did not listen to Molly's advice. She went alone. Molly and Gracie waited her for a while, but Daisy never came back, they wanted to look for her, but they could not because they could not go to the town and also they had to ran away from chasers, so they could not stop walking. The three girls were separated. Two girls started to plod among the fence. Finally, Few days walking brought them to their hometown. They did it! They walked 1600 kilometers, lost one girls,