Early Science? Modern Science? "The Crucible?"
After watching an excerpt from the Ergot video, what are you contemplating regarding The Crucible? Does the Ergot
video's theory seem plausible? How does it force us to rethink the
theocratic process of the Salem Court proceedings? Are we challenged to
reconsider the behavior and attitudes of the characters in The Crucible?
Please respond thoughtfully while addressing the drama and video.
Complete your response by 2:30p.m. on Wednesday, November 15th, 2017.
posted by Greg T at Friday, November 10, 2017
21 Comments:
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Watching this video has made me think of how they reacted. Yes I understand that witch craft back then was bad but did they need to react the way they did. Whether the people admitted to it or not, they were still punished. It was a cruel time back then. And with the connection to LSD, I don't think that during the witch trials LSD was a thing, and if it was Salem wouldn't have had it.
After watching the Ergot video, I feel like The Crucible is going to be a book full of creepy tones and unexpected plots. I don’t think that this is plausible to the real world. The video is over exaggerated and does not seem prevalent to the actual event that occurred in America’s history. I think I am challenged to reconsider the characters in the play as they are perceived to be very creepy and dramatic. This video fully represents the drama that is within this play.
The video makes me contemplate what made them think to react the way that the did to these events. I think that back then things like what happened in Salem hadn't happened very often and they had no idea how to react. So the best they could do was blame on something greater because it seemed to be the only thing that made sense. So they pulled a reasoning out of thin air because not knowing what was happening seemed scarier than blaming witches. This would have caused many innocent people to be blamed and executed just because someone thought they seemed out of place. The witch trials are something even today we don't completely understand and we can only assume what we think happened.
After watching the video in class it is very interesting to think back about the witch trials and see how LDS is used in today’s society. Over time it is so cool to see how people thought and explained things in the past, such as different gods or that the earth is flat. In the past people thought that sickness was related to witchcraft. It is awesome that today we are able to learn about why the earlier generations might have thought the way they did and how we can discover the more true reasons today. It is also very interesting to think about what the future will think and study about us.
I though that this was disturbing as this person who was "bewitched" killed thousands of innocent women. People should have found a logical explanation to the hallucinations, and their thinking was radical and irrational. They should've investigated instead of killing hundreds of women/
The theory of the video does seem plausible but there would be no reason to rethink the process of the Salem Court proceedings. The reason that the proceedings went the way that they did was because of the knowledge of science was very limited so it would only make sense for the people to relate it to magic. Anything that people did't understand became something dangerous and terrifying.
I think that the video is plausible. It is possible for them to have gotten sick or taken drugs, and simply to blame witches. Ergot could have been picked from around the area, being mistaken for something else. The Ergot could have been eaten by the animals and people. Ergot grew on the grain, and the bread from the grain and the animals ate the grain. It is very likely to be what had taken place in Salem. It gives you a new perspective on the whole idea. it wasn't just that people were faking it to get attention, but it could be likely that they were scared. What the people of Salem did wasn't right, but it was understandable.
The possibility of accidental drugs being planted is very possible, a lack of scientific acceptance and knowledge would lead to the accidental use of Ergot, this could have been an easy mistake, as fungus would be common in sea level regions. The fungus could have cross bred with grains and lead to a strain of lsd rye. There is also the distinct possibility that the contamination was deliberate, however the reality is that without an understanding of medical science, they lost the natural fight.
I think these ideals make since but I think more 21's century research needs to be done before we can really know if its true.
After watching the Ergot video i’ve been thinking that it’s a very odd theory, and the symptoms are very weird. However, I think that it could definitely be a real thing, because the combinations of two plants isn’t something that is not heard in today’s day. Back in that 16th century, they just made up some excuse on why these were happening, and blaming woman that they are cursing people with their witchcraft. I think that the Ergot theory is plausible since most people react differently based on what food it is. So with these odd combinations, there is a possibility that it could cause unnatural reactions.
After watching the Ergot video, I think the Crucible is going to rely heavily on the "unknown". While today we may be able to use science to try and explain things, the cover of "The Crucible" reveals this is from a time period before the medical advancements we have today. That means a lot of the contents in the book will be based on theories rather than facts.
After watching the excerpt from the ergot video, I am thinking that the crucible is going to be very unusual and unlike anything I have ever read. The Ergot videos theory seems realistic, at least more realistic than witches and weird random convulsing that was going on at the time. I could see how people at the time could not come up with a conclusion for the random convulsions and hallucinations, so they blamed witchcraft. And with the technology and medical knowledge we have today, ergot seems a lot more realistic.
After watching the video I’m thinking that the crucible is going to have some dark times. It seems like the crucible will include topics like drugs, diseases, and witchcraft just as the video showed. The Ergot theory does seem plausible. The theory could help describe the characters actions.
The Crucible, after the discoveries of the scientists, is a lesson in excuses. Residents of the small town didn’t know as much about chemistry and had already decided on an excuse for the strange behavior: witchcraft. Due to the lack of knowledge and easy willingness to condemn people for witchcraft, the fearful residents had little reason not to remove affected people by killing them. Though the citizens had been told of the problems of witchcraft, they hadn’t learned about the effects of Ergot. However, if the court had looked into their food and water in search for problems, they could have probably figured out the reason for the convulsions instead of relying on legend. This would have helped educate the jury on the reason for the symptoms, potentially saving many lives.
I think that the idea of the grain being infected with fungus is a very valid idea. I think it is a very realistic theory considering what the guy said in the video of how the fungus can take over the grain and therefore infect what the people were eating. This idea is very interesting to me and how the people likely just kept eating the bread and grain not knowing it could've had traces of LSD. I personally think that this is a much more valid assumption then when the people blamed witchcraft. From watching the video and learning more, I think the Crucible will be a dark, kind of twisted story that goes into more detail about what happened in Salem and what happened to the people.
I think that this could definitely be plausible due to the fact that back then, science wasn't very advanced, so they would have no way to test where this came from or what was happening. This makes me conclude that some of the people in the Crucible only acted weird because they were affected by this drug that came from the Ergot mushrooms.
I think the idea of a fungus causing this is possible, however I believe something a bit more potent could be the culprit. Not only were the Salem witch trials gruesome and completely moronic, but they showed the fear that was instilled in people. I think that the crucible will be an intriguing yet twisted story.
I think that there were many conditions during the Salem Witch Trials that caused these women to act strangely. There was a strange energy amidst the town as well as very unusual confessions held by these men and women. The ergot possibly made their behavior quite extreme however there has to be a reason why their trips were so terrible and all on the recorded behaviors are terrible. The rye could have possibly been the initial cause but not the only cause.
Back when the Salem Witch trials took place, they didn't have a good sense of science or morality, so they went around accusing each other of witchcraft, with the victims having no way to disprove the accusations, causing many innocent deaths throughout Salem. And the idea that drugs such as LSD were around the idea during the Salem trials bring a new idea and perspective to the trials and court proceedings that happened during that time.
n the days of the Salem Witch trials, superstition ran wild, as people didn't understand the rational reason behind the town's behavior. Considering that the town was also very superstitious and religious, negative and positive occurrences were correlated with Gods feelings about the townspeople.They felt they were being punished by God for their wrong doings and felt that the devil was amongst them. The more realistic reasons for the townspeople's behavior who were accused of practicing witchcraft could be the use of drugs, mental illness, or disease.
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