It all seems to begin when Reverend Samuel Parris's daughter and niece get caught up in seemingly harmless voodoo and fortune telling with their African slave Tituba. For reasons that no one is sure the girls began to have strange and violent fits. Maybe the girls actually believed they were possessed but I think it was just a stunt they pulled for attention that got out of

control when it was fueled by fanatical adults. The 17th century puritans believed in witchcraft as a cause for sicknesses such as the "fits" the girls were having. They believed that witches gained their power from the Devil so they decided to find the witches responsible for the girls ailment and kill them. The girls were probably then placed under enormous pressure to name names. Rather than admit to what probably started out as a game, the girls became frightened and a little excited as they became caught up in the frenzy of the witch hunts.

The cause of this hysteria is fairly clear. It began with a couple of girls looking for some fun and it escalated when people let their fears and imaginations get the best of them. If the people of Sa

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