Friday

Journal Entry 6

Pages 117-139

5 comments

  • I was right, witches that confessed were no longer interest to the accusers.
  • Every time there is a court case, the witch was always seen as the puppet master in the courtroom amongst the accusers.
  • This accusations of witchery pushed to the point that nobody knew who was who anymore. nobody could tell who was a witch and who was a saint.
  • A new minister is approaching the trial to see if he could get the witch to confess.
  • To me the Devil's seem to attack the followers rather than the popes, and ministers of salem village.

4 Questions

  • Why they are saying that he the devil is a Black man?
  • Was the judge trying to push Rebecca into telling them that she is a witch?
  • How did the minister's wife and daughter die?
  • Why arent't the ministers having fits?

3 Literary Techniques

  • Simile- " Sounding a bit like John Goodwin he urged his former congregation to understand they had brough these ills on themselves ( 120)"
  • Personifcation- " Corruption, rot, and evil had pentrated everywhere( 121)"
  • Man vs Man- " Accusers began to file complaints against sarah"

2 Vocabulary Words

  • Consternation- A state of paralyzing dismay
  • Ineffectual-powerless

1 sentence Summary

The minister tries t unravel the mysteriy of the tormented Rebecca Nurse inside the courtroom.

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