Thursday, February 28, 2013
Salem society
I think there is provincialism in the Salem society and court as well. The people don't react well to this idea of there being witches because it is out of the norm it challenges their beliefs. Same with the court it won't tolerate anything that challenges the status quo. "Political opposition, thereby, is given an inhumane over lay... of all normally applied customs of civilized intercourse."(miller,2007) Would you guys agree? Or have other thoughts?
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I definitely agree that there is provincialism within the courts of Salem. The judges do not tolerate any form of denial of the court from anybody in the town. They are narrow minded about opinions that do not support the decisions of the court.
ReplyDeleteI agree with this, and I see it as these people can't handle change because they in a society that rarely changes itself, so they don't know what to do only to do what the court decides.
ReplyDeleteI would say that I agree as well. In part this occurs because the type of government of Salem is a theocracy so they are blinded with their own religious aspects. The court judges those based on opinion not on evidence which effects that town in a negative manner.
ReplyDeleteI agree that provincialism is present in the town because as Dayanna mentioned it is governed by a Theocracy. Which basically means that the people in power are those who are considered to be deeply religious such as reverends. This alone hints how narrow-minded the people really are.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I wouldn't necessarily say it witches "challenge" their beliefs because in Act II the priest mentions that supposedly witches are in talked about in the bible and they are real. They do believe in them; they just are narrow-minded when it comes to actually interpreting evidence.
Keep in mind that "priests" reference Catholicism, and the Puritans practiced religion free from the Catholic Church. It would be more accurate to say "minister."
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