uncanny event to experience. The entire witchcraft hysteria started because people were

pointing fingers at each other. Innocent women and children were being accused for ridiculous

reasons such as mysterious book reading and having poppets, or rag dolls, lying around the

house. The way the judicial system operated in the 1600's was entirely mismanaged. It let guilty

people live and innocent people die. If one was accused they were given one of two choices,

they could either confess and live or not confess and be hanged. Therefore innocent people that

were being accused would confess to save their life, even though they were not witches.

Women that were accused of witchcraft could make a third choice that men could not.

One would make this choice when they did not want to blacken their name by admitting and still

wanted to live. This choice was to pled that one was pregnant. When one made this choice their

trial would be put off for several months because the higher officials would not want to kill the

innocent infant. For example both Sarah Good and

people realized she was confessing herself. "I want to open myself! I want the light of God, I

divulge about her encounters with the Devil, but immediately accused someone else before the

confessed." "Who are they?" Proctor responds. Elizabeth replies, "There be a hundred or more,

reason? There is no way that can be done. Therefore the judicial system during the Salem

saw Bridget Bishop with the Devil!" (1060). With that she got herself off the hook and was no

to work for him, sir." (1058). With that confession she was thrown in jail even though she

when in fact he was the actual man of evil. Thomas Putnam wanted people to die so he could

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