Family actions or compliance could be taken as proof of witchcraft.

Multiple witnesses connect Burroughs to witchcraft through familial and community testimony. Accusations extend to others, showing how suspicion could be manipulated or amplified.

Burroughs supposedly appeared in spirit and made her sign a book. Demonstrates belief in invisible influence of the accused.

Spectral evidence: some witnesses claim Burroughs is linked to the dead through supernatural phenomena. They said that Burroughs’ dead wives appeared.

Burroughs repeatedly denies supernatural involvement, the haunting of his house, and coercion of his family. His answers are factual and restrained, yet the community interprets them through a lens of suspicion.

Accusations extended to other women, showing how fear spreads in the community, and multiple people can be implicated. Accusing others could be a survival strategy: shifting blame to reduce her own risk, similar to Tituba.

Describes fits and afflictions of the children. Reflects the belief that witches could harm others through supernatural means. Their suffering increases suspicion and legitimizes the accusations.

Sarah Good denies all accusations. Shows how accused witches often responded rationally.

Accusations quickly led to imprisonment. Shows real legal consequences of fear and suspicion.

Describes fits and afflictions of the children. Reflects belief in supernatural influence.

Tituba ends her testimony, emphasizing the subjective nature of spectral evidence. Much of her story is shaped by what she believes will protect her.

Description of the Devil as a threatening figure. Highlights how Puritan fears shaped the narrative.

She claims Sarah Good can harm children physically. Tituba’s story implicates others, possibly to divert blame from herself.

Magical travel or teleportation, typical in witchcraft lore. Shows Tituba shaping her story to meet the interrogators’ expectations.

Animals acting as familiars reinforce the expectation that witches had helpers. Again, likely emphasized by Tituba to fit the narrative expected of her.

She describes threats from spirits, reinforcing coercion. Highlights how the accused were pressured to confess or participate in accusations to survive.

Tituba accuses other women of harming children. This was likely a strategy to protect herself, showing how accusations could be used to shift suspicion onto others.

Tituba claims the Devil appeared and forced her to serve him. By framing herself as under the Devil’s influence, she confirms the Puritan expectation of witchcraft, even though she may not be guilty.

Tituba initially denies causing any harm. Tituba initially denies harming anyone. This shows her rational defense, but it also highlights how the accused had to navigate extreme fear to survive. It highlights the gap between personal truth and communal belief.

Reinforces the instability of reputation in Salem: even the innocent may be misrepresented. Reflects real community anxieties during the trials.

Shows direct involvement of church members in witchcraft accusations. Illustrates how fear and suspicion infiltrated the community. Consecrates Parris as moral guardian.

Indicates the immediate social fear of witchcraft in Salem, which originated the sermon. Parris frames the witchcraft events as a divine or moral crisis requiring immediate attention.

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