Salem Possessed & Village Factionalism

Film Clip: Witch City (Salem Witch Museum)

Lecture: Myths Concerning Salem Witch Trials

Myths about Salem Witch Trials:

Film Clip: 3 Sovereigns for Sarah (Part III, (map scene)

In-Class Writing Assignment:

Did you find the Salem Possessed  interpretation of the Salem events convincing? Explain with reference to the READING assignment. (Go beyond class lecture notes and film clip.)

Lecture: Boyer & Nissenbaum’s Salem Possessed

Socio-economic Interpretation:

Not Really Any Witches Except Tituba: 

Village Factionalism: 

Affiliated with Salem Village: 

Affiliated with Salem Town: 

Inner contradictions of Puritanism

Final Film Clip: Witches of Eastwick (Church Scene)