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Welcome to Salem Town, Massachusetts. The year is 1692. And strange events have been occurring in your hometown. 11 year old Abigail Williams and her cousin, 9 year old Betty Parris, have been acting rather odd lately. .
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Welcome to Salem Town, Massachusetts The year is 1692 And strange events have been occurring in your hometown.
11 year old Abigail Williams and her cousin, 9 year old Betty Parris, have been acting rather odd lately. They have been speaking in tongues and they have also had terrible convulsions! Why, yesterday when the Reverend began his sermon, the two fell into a fit. The whole town is concerned with what ails them.
Reverend Parris, Betty’s father, has become so concerned that he summoned the village doctor to examine the girls. Finding nothing medically wrong with the two, he was forced to pronounce…
Finally, Abigail and Betty point fingers at Tituba, Sarah Good, and Sarah Osborne. The town goes crazy trying to figure out who cast a spell on these girls. No doubt, these three women are strange. The slave Tituba had shown the girls practices from her homeland, like fortune telling. Sarah Good is a poor homeless woman. Sarah Osborne rarely attends church and had married one of her servants…
But these women are basically harmless. Being friends with Abigail, you know it is more likely she is trying to avoid being punished for not following Puritan law. After all, you have heard rumors of her dancing in the woods and she occasionally laughs at prayer. So, you decide to confront her about the truth. You thought this would work, but then she says she will accuse you of witchcraft if you don’t stay quiet! What do you do? c) Decide to join Abigail and accuse others a) Tell the truth b) Say nothing
You decide it be would against your own moral code to lie, so you tell people Abigail is lying. However, no one believes you because she is favored in the village now. “Oh well,” you think, “at least I tried.” Next day, though, Abigail stands in the middle of the town and calls you a witch.
The Magistrate issues a warrant for your arrest and you are questioned about the charge. You are asked questions like: Have you signed the Devil’s book? and Do you see other people with the Devil? When you deny consorting with the Devil, you are asked to recited the ten commandments. Regrettably, you can only remember nine. And there is that small mole on your arm – they call that the Devil’s mark. You have also been found occasionally humming while you work. This, plus Abigail’s accusation, is enough for you to be considered guilty.
You think about what you can do to get out of the trial. You could try running away, but your family is here and there are murderous Indians in the nearby areas. There isn’t a possibility of you getting pregnant, although it is most likely the only method that could save your life. It’s not in you to confess when you know you are innocent, so your choices are boiled down to these: a) Accuse another of witchcraft b) Keep pleading your innocence and most likely die c) Refuse to confess one way or the other and face the consequences
You’ve decided to accuse others? It’s risky, but it might work. Abigail welcomes you back with open arms, saying she had you confused with another person. She forces you to accuse other people. Abigail, Betty, you, and other girls end up accusing numerous people and eventually caused the events that led to the deaths of a few of them, including Elizabeth and John Proctor, Rebecca Nurse, George Jacobs, Sr., and Martha Corey, among others. This seems to be going well until…
Rebecca Nurse is standing on the gallows before her execution. While standing in the crowd, you are struck by Nurse’s composure, definitely when compared to Sarah Good who was cursing people. After Nurse’s death, the town begins to oppose the trials. Abigail ran away and the other girls in the group stopped accusing. You are asked if you were lying about the charges against innocent people. Do you a) lie b) tell the truth
You tell the truth and you feel relieved. However, the town pretty much turns against you. Odds are you will be excommunicated or publicly punished. But at least you have your integrity, right?
So you’ve decided to keep up the lie? That’ll work – until the others tell the truth. It’s up to you. Who knows what will happen then.
You’ve decided to say nothing? Your soul might ultimately be safe because you aren’t confessing to something you didn’t do or accusing others. However, your life isn’t in the same condition.
Your refusal to say anything one way or the other causes the court to keep questioning you. In an effort to get a statement, you could be pressed to death like Giles Corey was. Rumor is his last words were “More weight.” Can you be that brave? a) No, pick another path b) Yes, you will die before confessing or accusing others
You’ve managed to avoid a trial, but you are crushed to death by the rocks. What are your last words?
Good for you for maintaining your innocence and integrity, but it doesn’t do much good in the end for your life. You’re executed by hanging with other accused.
You feel pretty good about yourself because you didn’t confess to something you know you didn’t do, nor did you accuse anyone else. Your integrity is intact, but unfortunately your life is now forfeit. What were your last words?
