The Crucible Comparison Essay

Comparison and Contrast: The Crucible/ Salem Witch Trials vs The European Witch Trials
Introduction
Hook→ If you were involved in a mass hysteria hoax, would you be able to get out of it?
Opening statement→ Over 100,000 trials followed by tens of thousands of deaths hit Europeans, and others, hard in the 16th century.
Bridge→ Many places throughout the the world in history have had witch executions and imprisonments along with Europe. These events being so common back then led to the creation of a play and movie The Crucible that shows a story that could have taken place in Europe.
Topic sentence→ The Crucible and the European witch trials have many similarities and differences that make them both memorable and important.
The Crucible- Summary
The Crucibles antagonist is Abigail who likes the idea of witchcraft that was brought about by her slave, Tituba.
Tituba, Mary, Betty, and Abigail all meet in the woods and use Tituba's magic to have fun.
Reverend Parris caught the

Killed twenty people in all. A smaller population count led to a less sever mass hysteria
Common Themes/ Similarities Between All Witch Trials
In the trials, mostly women were tried, tested, and, most of the time, imprisoned if anyone even suspected them of witchcraft. Women were mostly suspected of witchcraft because of their ability to seduce or lure men naturally. Early witchcraft trials were unfair and some that were burned at the steak, hung, drowned, or executed differently were found to be innocent only moments after their deaths. Witchcraft hysteria began and elongated the looking and suspicions relating to witches. Some were accused because they owned cats, which were labeled as messengers or advisors from the devil. Belief in supernatural powers of the devil to give people the power to harm others in exchange for their loyalty.
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