2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25
Witch-hunt is one of the most shameful pages of human existence. Witches have been persecuted for centuries based on accusations that are not supported by facts. About a hundred thousand innocent people were killed by Puritan ignorance. However, the events in Salem (USA) were recognized as the bloodiest court, where all Salem witches were subjected to cruel execution. About 20 women were executed in short order.
To see these facts, you can watch the movie The Witches of Salem. This film is a documentary. From it you can learn that the tragic events of Salem began quite innocently. According to the documentary The Witches of Salem, Reverend Parris's children, Betty and Abigail, spent long winter evenings in the care of a black slave, Titula, who was taken out of Barbados.
She brightened up the girls' leisure time, telling them about her homeland, about voodoo magic, and this so lured children's hearts that saw nothing butthe plow and the Bible that they decided to try some spells in practice. Together with a slave, they built a primitive magic ball by immersing an egg in a glass of water. They were caught in this occupation by their father, who did not know what to do next. The children, fearing reprisals, began to get nervous, which later turned into hysteria, which soon seized all the girls in the village. A friend denounced a friend, saying that his neighbor once upon a time did something strange. The girls blamed Title for their seizures. The doctor sent to treat the girls only shrugged his hands and said, “Bewitched.”
A witch hunt has since been declared.
About 20 people were sentenced based on children's testimony. Those who did not go to church, did not blend in with the crowd, and did not enjoy a good reputation were mainly blamed. Titula, along with two other women, were the first to be executed. Before the Salem witches went to execution, they had to languish for a long time in a Boston prison, where they were denied food. Title, by the way, not only confessed to witchcraft, but also betrayed two other women of the village. Who knows, maybe these three really wielded sorcery spells? However, all subsequent accusations were based on lies, prejudice and self-interest of neighbors. Everyone who even simply protested against undeserved violence and torture was shackled and convicted.
Before the end of the strange hysteria in Salem, 19 out of 141 people who were involved in this case were hanged, two more “Salem witches” died in prison. But mostthe death of Giles Corey, an eighty-year-old landowner, who refused to utter a word, knowing that his guilt would be confirmed, and then his lands would not go to his ancestors, was recognized as cruel. For his indomitable spirit, the court sentenced him to torture. The sheriff's people put the old man on the field, covered him with a board and gradually put stones on it, so the authorities wanted to “talk” the silent proud man. However, they failed, and instead of confessing, they heard Giles' death curse.
It wasn't until it came to blaming his wife that Governor Phips put an end to the madness.
Compared to all the inhabitants of Salem, the real "Salem witches" are presumptuous girls who decided that they could decide the fate of people. And how dark were the times if adults blindly trusted the instructions of juvenile hysterics? The world needs a lot of blood to finally heal its wounds…
Recommended:
Home Alone 30th Anniversary: Interesting Facts, Franchise Restart, Director Interview
November marks the 30th anniversary of the cult film Home Alone, released in 1990. The creator of the original story, Chris Columbus, is best known for such films as Mrs. Doubtfire and the first two parts of Harry Potter. Although he achieved success in the 1980s as a screenwriter of the much-loved films Gremlins and The Goonies, his first blockbuster as a director was Home Alone, which became the highest-grossing film released in 1990, grossing US 285 million dollars
"Witches of Eastwick": actors and plot
"The Witches of Eastwick", written by American writer John Updike, is not the most suitable material for a film adaptation. Instead of a bewitching fairy tale full of magic, miraculous transformations and the usual witchy entourage with pointed hats and black cats, behind the cover of this work lies an unusual story about the place of a woman in society, the power of gossip and female emancipation
Good movie about witches: list
A movie about witches and sorcerers attracts audiences of all ages. We bring to the attention of readers a selection of the most interesting and terrible pictures, the main characters of which are evil sorceresses, witches and witches
Two seasons of the project "Witches of the East End" (TV series): actors and roles
For the project "Witches of the East End" (TV series), the actors were selected from the most experienced and recognizable television stars. The creators clearly counted on great success with the public. But the series did not last more than 2 seasons
The play "Salem witches" at the theater on Malaya Bronnaya
This article tells about the sensational performance of the theater on Malaya Bronnaya "Salem Witches". Here you can get acquainted with the plot, the history of the creation of the play, the cast, audience reviews and find out all the necessary information about tickets
