Again the idea of close bonds of same-sex comes up in the agrument for why observers inside the show, and viewers of the show for that matter, jump to assume the pair is a couple. This speculation comes up several key times during the episode "The Hound of the Baskervilles" where newly introduced characters assume that Sherlock and John's relationship is a romantic or sexual one. This GIF comes from the scene preceeding where the inn worker assumes that the pair are a couple. This particular pull out shows the pair together approaching the inn.

This article emphasizes the way that homosocial relationships both in modern and victorian period did not have a defined place in society. The indefinedness of homosocial friendship is used in the show to play into the unclearness of Sherlock and John's relationship. In this scene from "The Hounds of the Baskervilles" at 8:09 shows the frequent exchanging of looks by the pair. This comfortness is frequently assumed to be from a sexual relationship in this particular episode.

The running through the moor in BBC's Sherlock at 16:46 mirrors the running through the moor chasing Selden.

How does a work then transition into a text?

Common trend of women in antiquity having accidents in fields. Think Persephone's kidnap in a flower field.

References to other Greek mythology throughout

Again the important distinction between browsing and searching

This estimate should be different for the modern world and it would be interesting to see if someone has come up with a closer idea. Adopting a generalized age when an individual because literate and accounting for longer life spans would be interesting factors in this concept.

It is flooring to try and understand books in terms of lifetimes especially considering that these estimations are generalized. It makes me wonder the quantity of books in a university library.

Suspending for a moment the immensely impossible challenge of actually cataloguing every written source material ever, the process still seems flawed. Once you go through this process of intense data collection how could you present it in a way that individuals still have that experience of "screwing around"? How would people access such a thing? Use it?

I would argue that even with the attempts to organize the web it is still categorized by a lack of inherent order.

Sarah Good was accused of hurting children, and trying to convince others to hurt young children too. After originally being accused of witchcraft Titiba (another women accused of witchcraft) accused Good again of hurting children.

Leena Kahlas-Tarkka, “‘I Am a Gosple Woman’: On Language in the Courtroom Discourse during the Salem Witch Trials, with Special Reference to Female Examinees.” Studia Neophilologica 84, no. sup1 (June 2, 2012): 55–69. doi:10.1080/00393274.2012.675635.

In William Good's request he discusses that while his wife was held in prison that his children were also held there with her. Beyond that, they too were shackled up, even though they were not accused of witchcraft like their mother was.

This is particularly odd for this case specifically as one of the accusations out against Sarah Good was that she tried to hurt children. It is very likely that William over exaggerates the nature of the children's time in "imprisonment." This was probably done in an attempt to gain a greater compensation from the government since William was claiming a greater family loss then only that of his wife.

Leena Kahlas-Tarkka, “‘I Am a Gosple Woman’: On Language in the Courtroom Discourse during the Salem Witch Trials, with Special Reference to Female Examinees.” Studia Neophilologica 84, no. sup1 (June 2, 2012): 55–69. doi:10.1080/00393274.2012.675635.

Sarah Good's family was given 30 lbs in response to the grievances that William put forward of the family's loss. Clearly not all of his claims were fully believed as the family did not receive as much money as others did. However, the Goods did receive more compensation then the Easty's.

This is significant because it means that in some way while the Good's claim was not fully believed it carried either more credibility or was more respected then the Easty's.

After the 1692 witchcraft trials the Governor issues a series of compensations for families who had wrongly been accused of witch craft. This was common after the trials end. Many previously accused witches or their surviving family members were given compensation as an apology from the state.

Warren M. Billings, and Kimberly Manning. “Salem Witchcraft Trials.” Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2014.

Issac Esty focuses on how his wife's imprisonment was detrimental on his finances and seeks monetary compensation. This was a common trend of husbands after the witch trials, as an effort to regain what they thought they had lost as a result of the trials. Aside from the physical loss of their wives.

Warren M. Billings, and Kimberly Manning. “Salem Witchcraft Trials.” Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2014.

The documentation for what to do if there are no jurors is interesting because all of the choices only revolve around men of a certain age as the sole group of potential jurors. Great detail is spend focusing on if no men are available to do "this" then go find other men from "that," or in some causes fines or penalties are described for what to do if no jurors can be found. In situations such as these it would make sense to include women in the group of potential jurors to avoid cases where no one is willing or able to serve as jurors.

However, women under law codes in Massachusetts were unable to serve as jurors, partially because of the fact that women were considered morally more sinful then men.

"Colonial Women Part II," HIST 327, US Women's History to 1870, Dr. McClurken, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA

The laws themselves of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts specifically are vague about gender when it comes to many crimes. Murder, burglary, robbery, and petit-treafon all list "persons" rather gender specified such as if a man commits this crime "this happens but if a woman does this, then that happens." The law code was not stratified by gender in terms of punishments for serious crimes.

The punishment for hiding or in general giving birth to a bastard was usually a fine of up to fifty pounds. However jail time could be implemented in some cases lasting as long as three months it the court thought it necessary. Jail time was probably only ever served if the bastard child was dead either through proved infanticide or unknow cause.

This is particularly interesting considering the case of Martha Root who not only had a child outside marriage but then proceeded to sue the father, Elisha, to force him to marry her or pay fines. What is interesting is that Martha does not appear to have paid any fines or penalties, and ultimately it is only Elisha who pays.

Kathryn Kish Sklar, "American Female Historians in Context, 1770–1930." Professional and White-Collar Employments, 1993.

"That if any woman fhall conceal her pregnancy, and fthall willingly be delivered in fecret by herfelf of any iffue of her body, male or female, which fhall by law be a baftar"

It is odd that the language of the rules about bastard children are so specific that they list the fine applies to both male and female infants born outside of wedlock. The word choice of iffue (issue) instead of children is a particularly interesting choice as well. This could be an attempt to argue that anything a woman gave birth to regardless if she knew the gender would be subject to court involvement about bastardery. Since many children died as infants or extremely young this could be written so that unmarried mothers could not get out of accepting responsibility for giving birth out of wedlock.

"Colonial Women Part I," HIST 327, US Women's History to 1870, Dr. McClurken, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA

According to the first paragraph of "An Act for regulating the Choice and Services of Petit Jurors." it listed that jurors would be pulled from those"qualified to vote in the election of Reprefentatives" Therefore in the commonwealth of Massachusetts only men could be jurors in any legal matter because only men over a certain could vote. Women could not then participate in the legal system as jurors and played a smaller role then men in overall court procedures.

"Colonial Women Part I," HIST 327, US Women's History to 1870, Dr. McClurken, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA