The Accusers

Yasmin Valdez 11/23/15 History 1302 Book Review “Six Women of Salem” Book Review, By Marilyne K. Roach Marilynne K. Roach is a resident of Watertown, Massachusetts. She went on to graduate with a BFA from MCA (Massachusetts College of Art) but she uniquely gives credit to the public library systems for the rest of her education. This is very interesting to me because she says that libraries are what she owes to her education to. Because of all the books she reads she later turns out to be a great

In Aeschylus’s “Agamemnon” and in Plato’s “The Apology”, there is a clear relationship between lesser men and how they can hold the fate of better men. Both Socrates and Agamemnon underestimated their prosecutors in the fact that they didn’t believe that they could go through with killing them. Agamemnon and Socrates, who both saw themselves very highly had their fate in the hands of people who they looked down on. In Aeschylus’s “Agamemnon”, Agamemnon goes to war and because of his view of women

accusations. During the trials, the judges used, “...evidence from the Invisible World of spirits. The legal term for this was ´spectral evidence´, which meant evidence related to supernatural beings that were invisible to everybody except the afflicted accusers” (Schanzer 76). The accused should not be found guilty if the evidence

self-proclaimed wisdom. During his trail Socrates would go on to defend himself against these charges by addressing his accusations and also interrogate one of his accusers Meletus. Much of Socrates’ defense was focused on addressing each charge individually beginning with past ones than moving on to present charges amid the same time his accuser would take the stand. Socrates, attempting to defend himself, while succeeding to some level by providing sincere reasoning, however, here and there would speak

People are getting hanged every month. I am so scared I might be hanged next month. I am in Salem, the year in 1692. I know the girls are faking it but, I am scared to death. We are all scared of them, all of us give them gifts and cookies. In the summer of 1692, Salem was in a dilemma. Girls took drugs from their slave and started to see things that weren’t actually there. They started The Salem Witch Trials of 1692. What caused 20 people to be hanged in Salem during the summer months of

Sophocles is most known in the genre of Tragedy in which he won many awards in. Through 50 years Sophocles was the most celebrated playwright in the dramatic competitions in the city of Athens, Greece. The quote “There is no witness so terrible, no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us” was written by Sophocles. In this he is trying to tell the people that the conscience is a powerful thing that helps you decide whether to do the right or wrong

other. Using the evidence provided, The Salem Witch Trial Hysteria was caused by jealousy, supremacy, and segregation. To start, The Salem Witch Trial Hysteria was caused by jealousy. In Document B, the accused were mostly married females, and the accusers were single females. This shows that there may be slight envy between these ladies. In those times, it was very important for you to be married and have a family. It was a tradition to be married in the Puritan standards.

Bible says in Revelation 12:10 in the King James Version that Satan accuses us day and night, "for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night" looking for some fault with which to charge us as guilty. Where the angels and the host of heaven come to serve the Lord day and night, Satan comes to accuse us day and night. The Greek definition of the word “accuser” is a verb (an action word) which means; 1. to accuse a. before a judge: to make an accusation

marital status. Mostly females were married at the age 41-60 for the Accused people. Then, there were single females at the age 16-20 for the Accusers. There was hardly males that were witches. There was about 15 that was married at the age 41-60 as well for the Accused. Then for the accusers there were single males at the age 11-15 to 16-20 for the Accusers. The second cause of the Salem witch trial

Additionally, Dr. King also addresses his accusers as “Fellow Clergymen.” knowing that many of his accusers are Christian followers. The importance of using this address has already established that he and his accusers are equal men of good faith. Moreover, King also references multiple known historical personalities from Abraham Lincoln to Paul of Tarsus to Socrates to Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and uses their beliefs and stories to persuade his accusers the reasons why is he in Birmingham