The Accusers

to defend oneself from the accusations that are listed against him. An important trial occurred in 399 B.C in which a man named Socrates was on the brink of conviction for ancient accusations, impiety, as well as the corruption of youth. The three accusers for Socrates, were Anytus, Meletus, as well as Lycon. He begins defending himself with recent accusations first, continuing to the ancient ones. Socrates goes on to talk about his sentence, which includes what his punishment should be. Supposedly

If I were an accuser of Socrates, I would try and convict him with the charge of corrupting the youth, but I would do so from a standpoint of stability, and from the standpoint of Socrates possibly brining harm to Athens. I argue that by Socrates not honoring the Gods recognized by the government of Athens, that he would be bringing the wrath of the Gods down upon us. I argue that him corrupting the youth into believing that the Gods of Athens are not to be honored, would eventually make the Gods

Salem Witch Trials By Zuezette Mora Muñoz History 11 Mr. Miller April 28, 2017   Zuezette Mora Muñoz Mr. Miller History 11 April 28, 2017 The Salem Witchcraft Trials: Causes Ideas, and Accusers One of the biggest events to ever shake the small town of Salem, Massachusetts took place in 1692. During this time many people, both men and women, were being accused of witchcraft, which was very frowned upon and had lethal consequences if the “witch” was caught. Throughout the entire Salem Witch Trials

again. This again highlights male power, as a male, even supposed to be an ass, is able to receive full respect and seriousness in court. As prevalent men appear to be behind witch persecutions, Salem highlights cases where not so many men were the accusers. Elaine Breslaw highlights cases

considered witches and were hanged. I think the main causes of the Salem witch trials were the Accusers, the Accused and the tests to be a witch. First, the accusers were a big part of all the deaths in Salem. When someone was going to accuse another of being a witch the person needed evidence. The accusers usually didn’t have any evidence of this but still accused people of witchcraft. There were a total of 34 accusers 5 male and 29 female. All 5 of the male’s were single, 0 were married and 0 were widowed

with the first words that come to mind (17c). The tension becomes evident as Socrates' systematic defense leads him to contradict his opening statements and undermine the ethos he sought to establish in the beginning of the dialog. Socrates' accusers have warned the jurymen not to be deceived by the accomplished speaker. In response, Socrates says that he is “particularly surprised” by this lie and

original accusers where suffering from some type of illnesses. I will explore these two researchers’ theories and discuss the merits of both arguments as related to the Salem Witch Trials. In the section, “A Search for Power: The ‘Weaker Sex’ in Seventeenth-Century New England” by Lyle Koegler, suggests the witch trials were the direct result of women and men rebelling against societies boundaries and struggles for power. Koegler, insinuates research supports the hypothesis accusers gained

Puritans recognized that the accusers were influenced by the Devil. In the 21st century, it is hard to admit that the main cause was only the devil. But, it’s more logical if it was due to jealousy, ignorance or even hatred between different social levels. The ignorance was presented by assuming that there is only one reason, therefore, they had encountered survive consequences. To give more illustration, firstly, there is a significant chance that the accusers were going through a crisis that

or not he was persecuted, as long as he did what was correct. Socrates whole philosophy is that to know knowledge is to have wisdom, and to have wisdom is to know oneself. The people of Athens did not like Socrates due to both the early accusers and late accusers; however, Socrates provides an argument to put these fallacies to rest. Plato’s Apology is the story of Socrates defending himself against the charges placed upon him of corrupting the youth, not believing in the gods, and by making the

way of speaking. Early in “The Apology,” Socrates claims that “the most astounding of the many lies [my accusers] told came when they claimed that you needed to take care not to be deceived by me, because of my artfulness as a speaker” (17a-17b). He therefore claims that it is not him who speaks artfully, but his accusers. He then compares his plain speech to the deceitful speech of his accusers. Thus, the beginning of Socrates’ defense sets the tone for the remainder of his speech as he