You have been accused of being a witch. Follow the steps on the ppsted website to clear your name. Tell me which option you would pick and how it would help you avoid a trial. You may pick one of the options given or come up with your own. This blog is due Friday Feb 18th.
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/accused%21.html
Shaquailla Ravnell
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If I Were Accused Of Performing Witchcraft I Would Decide To Tell The Truth & Admit To The Accuser That It Wasnt Me & Prove Myself Correct. :)
Heather Johnson
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7th
If i were accused of whitchcraft i would avoid trail by fleeing salem. because back then i dont think there communication skills were that fast and i no i could manipulate someone and make them believe i were innocent . even if i were poor i would still risk it and flee from salem and hope they never found me.
i would flee salem, because if I try to tell the truth they probrally wont believe me. Or if i confess guilty even though I know I am innocent there is a strong possibility they will kill me or put me in harsh conditions. I believe this would be the sest option because I am getting a new beginning and I am being accused of no wrong doing and I can live my life without worrying if I am going to get kilted or not.
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Taylor Dixon
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7th period
Being accused by “an afflicted girl”of being a witch would change the accusation of how individuals think of me and also their reaction among my siblings. Many people may think that im “crazy” because I talk to myself, choose not to attend church, or maybe I just attend the wrong church which changes my view among society as well as my characteristics of being a “phenomenal woman”. As humans I think we all wish we could erase some dark times in our lives. But all of life's experiences, bad and good, make you who you are. Erasing any of life's experiences would be a great mistake so why not learn fron them rather than repeat them? The mistake that I have made was getting convicted and being placed for execution knowing that I have an embryo in the womb which is due by the next 6 months. Fact is even though I deserve death penalty and the hysteria does not last for another 9 months I still believe my child does not. On the other hand what would it be like for a neonate living without its biological mother? I would either have to place my child up for adoption or ask some one to impregnate me which will be a close friend of mine.
Britany Taylor
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If I were being accused of being a witch, I would confess even though I was innocent. Witches that confessed weren't executed, they were just kept away from other prisoners and used to provide testimony for other prosecutions. Being kept away from other prisoners is better than being executed, even if I wasn't a witch.
Kaitlyn Highsmith AP Lang 7B
ReplyDeleteIf i were accused of being a witch, i would clear my name by choosing to free salem. I would choose this option b/c to me it seems to be the best option. It is somewhat risky due to the fact that you could get caught sneaking away but i would still do it. The way it would help me avoid trial is that i would be living in another town far,far away; & no one would know where i went.
chelsea ingham
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if i were accused of being a witch i would get pregnant because if you have a baby i don't think people would try to kill you knowing that you have a baby plus you will have to be the one to take care of that child no other person had the sense enough to care for a child that isn't theirs. Plus i honestly don't think that in that time people accused pregnant people as witches.
Helen Lamb
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I would admit to being a witch, even if i was innocent. The website says this was the most effective way because you're fate would not longer be left up to them, but to God. And none of the other ones really seem like a good solution for the time period. Fleeing would be difficult because of the lack of transportation and communication, getting pregnant would just mean you have to go through the pain of having a kid and then die, and your child would probably be shunned for being born to a witch. Accusing other people always blows up and well the only fitting solutions seems to be just admitting to it.
Chasity Rouse
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If I were being accused of being a witch I would flee Salem. It was probably the safest thing to do because people were getting accused of witchcraft for the most superfluos things! For example you could get accused of being a witch because you dress different from other women. If the towns people are going and imprisoning innoncent people then i would not want to be there in the first place. No matter what you do , if you were accused it was very hard to get out of the accusation, so to avoid being imprisoned and probably saving my life, I would leave Salem hopefully going some where with sane people.
Katelynn Manns AP Lang 7B
ReplyDeleteIf i were accused of being a witch i would free Salem. Even though they say it would be risky I would still rather risk it and get away then deal with the drama back in town. Plus I think I would be sneaky enough to make it out of the town.
Richard Cribb
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02/17/11
If I were accused of witchcraft, I would take several actions that would of cleared my name and would of ended the witch trials in Salem.Though it would be to long the explain the steps. we can use the saying "there is no one left to blame but yourself" .
Shannon LoGiudice
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If I was accused of being a witch in Salem I would do whatever it took to prove my innocence. If that did not work I would most likely flee Salem. I would flee Salem because then they could'nt kill me or accuse me anymore. Hopefully that would clear my name and I would'nt have to worry about them coming after me.
Taylor Cogdill
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If i were accused of being a witch, I would probably flee Salem, because I would just want to get away from it all. It would be easier to me to just get away from the problem instead of have them not believe me if I stayed. I would move to a town far away and try to start over. That would also save me from going on trial and have the entire town think I was a witch.
Johnny Brown
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If I were accused of being a witch, I would flee salem because even if I were to stay and defend myself of being innocent theres still the possibility of them not believing me and I could get killed. Fleeing seem like the best option although you do have to worry about being caught.
Deborah McConatha 1st
ReplyDeleteI would plead innocent and pray for the best. I'm not afraid of the judgments on this world. I know that i would be telling the truth and that would be enough for me.
If I were accused of being a witch, I would do what some others said and flee Salem. I would do this because back then technology was extremely different compared to now. Today, when someone is missing or fleeing from the cops there are many things used to find them. Back then, we didnt have cameras everywhere and there werent special records kept like credit cards used to help track someone down. If I were to leave far enough from Salem people wouldnt know I was wanted because news didnt travel as fast.
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Kennedy Foster
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If I were accused of being a witch I would flee from Salem. This would pose as the best choice in my opinion because you would get out of the trial, and there would be no point in them worrying about you anymore.
If i was accused of witchcraft , I would end up running away . I would try to start a new life in a new place .
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First Period
If I was accused of being a witch, I would just flee away from Salem. Instead of going through the process of court orders and trials, I'd move away to start a new life. Unfortunately, to them it would seem as if I was guilty but the simple fact of going through unnecessary drama to clear my name is way too much. Therefore, I'd avoid any issues and move away to another place where I'm unknown and not accused of such a petty thing.
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If I was accused of being a witch i wold confess that i was a witch even through im innocent. this proved to be the better chioce. those who confessed they were witches was not hung but exiled from soceity i would rather be set apart from everyones else than die for something i am not.
Khadejah Kelly
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If i were accused of being a witch, I would get pregnant. I would choose this option out of all the other options because there is no way i could be executed if i were to be pregnant. They couldn't kill me because they would be killing a innocent child. At least i would be free for nine months. I believe that would give me enough time to come up with a master plan to prove myself right, That I wasn't a witch.
7B
ReplyDeleteI would flee salem, because there are many different places besides salem. Even though i would have a horrible name in salem, it wouldnt mean i would have a horrible name elsewhere. Besides, our technology today is wayyyy faster than back then. Therefore, many people wouldnt know who i am or where i came from. So from there i could make my new future.
Jeremy Branch 1-A
ReplyDeleteIf I were accused of being a witch I would just flee Salem. By doing so I would avoid all confrentation having to do with the trial and i could start a new life some else where i wouldn't be accused.
kaarohn mines
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if i were to be accused of witchcraft i would keep pressing that im innocent but i would just flee salem. the reason being is because back then if i would of admitted it even though it wasnt true it would have been with me and i would of been jailed. maybe even hung. so in that case i would run for my life.
Sara Foster
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If I were being accused of being a witch, I would definitely escape and run away from Salem. If I stayed and admitted to the accusation, even though it wasn't true, I would most likely be killed. And then if I just tell the truth and say I'm not, the people most likely would not believe me and I might be abused or even killed again. So the best option to me is escape and run for my life, and start a new life else where.
Meagen Hawkins
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If i was being accused of being a witch i would confess. If you do not confess and they find out you are you get hanged. I would tell the truth and hopefully just be put in prision for a little while
Sean Henderson
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if i was accused of witchcraft i would tell them i did it. it would be retarted not to. prison or death? hmmmm.
Nathan King
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If i were accused of being a witch I at first picked C, but as I looked closer I found that that answer choice is only to get pregrent and not to get some one pregrent so i chose to confress and help the jury to find more witches becuase I am not going to die because of some little girl saying I put a cure on her. Either than or just get pressed to death by rocks because that is one of those "never thought of that" kind of ideas that would be a better way to die then hanging. Or if I where to have choice F and say that I was the judge and no one is to accuse we kind of deals, but thats just me.
Virginia Kemption
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If I was to be accused of using witch craft then I would do my all to prove myself innocent. If it comes down to it and they still seemed to find me guilty then i would just take the punishment but i would still know that no matter what God knows who is guilty and who is not.
Courtney Chaney
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If i were in this situation i would tell the truth. Growing up i was told the truth would set you free so that is what i would do. Everything happens for a reason and if i am meant to die then thjat is what will have to happen. Either way i know that i would have done the right thing despite of what has been acused of me. The truth conquers and so does evidence!