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The Flaws of the Salem Witch Trials Cowering behind a chair, a young child screams, "Please, please leave me!" In bewilderment her mother watches, unable to do anything. "No! Stop speaking to me, leave me!" the girl cries in anguish. These were the days of the devil; the days of the Salem Witch Trials. An analysis of the trials provides a unique contrast to today's trials. The Witch Trials began in the Puritan town of Salem in late February of 1692 and lasted through April of 1693. According to National Geographic in their online article "Prologue," the trials began when Elizabeth Paris, the daughter of Reverend Samuel Paris, and her two friends, Abigail Williams and Ann Putnam, began behaving strangely such as shouting nonsense, cowering under chairs and contorting themselves (Internet). The Puritans could only explain this as the supernatural. After much prodding, the three girls confessed to the women that were...

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