In the following paragraphs I am going to show how Hollywood portrays the Salem Witch Trails and the 1690's compared with what actual happened in history and that in the film "The Crucible".

During the winter of 1691 and 1692 Salem Village had a mass hysteria over the possibility of witchcraft in their village. The movie shows this was brought on after Reverend Parris discovered some girls dancing in the woods. A black slave known as Tituba supposedly led the rite. Tituba was really American Indian Arawak in history though. Of course the village believed the girls were practicing magic but it may have been a result of the girls eating some moldy wheat. The girls suffered from violent fits.

The first of the girls to be trailed were Betty Parris and Abigail Williams. Movie shows that it was Ruth Putnam whose real name is actually Ann. The Parris family is somewhat confusing in the film compared to actually history. History shows that Betty Parris also......

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Title: The Crucible - Burn The Witch
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Approximate Pages: 4 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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