Witchcraft In The Crucible

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Witchcraft is the practice of what the people in Salem said “Satan”. If you did anything involving or even talked about Satan or witchcraft for too long you would be frowned upon. It was not something you should just try out. People's negative feeling toward witchcraft caused multiple people a sentence of death.
In a Salem village, Bridget Bishop was the first person to be involved in witchcraft. She had to go to court to defend herself. When someone is accused of witchcraft, they would have to go through a trial. There are seven judges and the person accused has to defend themselves.“Those who confessed or who confessed the names of other witches were spared the courts vengeance, believing that they would receive their punishment from god”

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