Analyse different opinions on the cause/s of the Salem witch trials. How and why has it been interpreted differently?
One of the biggest issues surrounding historical debates is the different portrayals of history through time. How is it that one even can cause such conflict and diverse argument? Through examining different historical interpretations on the controversial topic of the causes of the Salem Witchcraft Trials, Massachusetts in 1692, I hope to shed some light on why establishing causation is so difficult, and how and why different historians can write about the same event in radically different ways.
This is embarrasing. But I got bored of doing anything that constitutes legitimate research, so this crap happened instead. Am I anywhere near the right track? I have no flippin' idea!
On a more positive note, I've finished reading and highlighting that section of my book. Finally. I think I have a much clearer idea of where I may actually be going with this project. About time, I'd say.
The funny thing is - I like it. Is this because I have no taste? It is direct. It deals with the guts of the problem. I hate deliberately tizzied up writing - and jargon is just a type of laziness half the time. So just keep on going Alice.
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