Part one of term paper
The domination of religion along with mass hysteria culminated in the conviction of over 200 men and women during the witch trials of 1692. Salem, Massachusetts endured a gothic nightmare of fear that sent twenty poor souls to meet their master, in Heaven or Hell (Robbins 56). New England in the 17th century was composed of communities of fa ...

Part two of term paper
... schoolmasters, and particularly ministers, as well as the less learned among the Puritans, were strong believers in witchcraft. Even the most minor occurrence was attributed to witchery: if a farmer’s cow failed to give milk, or his horse went lame, or his well dried up; it was a witch’s doing; if a housewife couldn’t get the butter to come, a witch was controlling the churning; if a horse’s mane was found tangled, it had been knotted by a witch who had used it as a stirrup to mount for a ...