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The Salem Witch Trials The Salem Witch Trials were of unfair nature. The accusations made against many men, and women, was wrongful and unfair. The cause for these trials was due to the belief in witches and witchcraft. The reason for such accusations were because many of the accused (witches), I believe, suffered from, the still present, ailment of hysteria. Hysteria, I believe, is the most accurate, logical, and reliable explanation for the accusations made …

…be a very wrongful doing, and therefore they would not do it, because they are trying to reach Heaven, and not Hell. Therefore the theory of faking is completely wrong and unrealistic. Hysteria is the most likely and probable cause for the wrongful accusations made against so many women. The evidence shown is also proof of hysteria actually existing back in Puritan New England. Therefore there can be no other explanation, but hysteria. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**