Guilty (Juan)

I would confess to a capital crime because I would have a lesser punishment and I could be free. I would also blame someone else because I know that someone said that I was practicing witchcraft so they could save him or her self. I know that is not the right thing to do but it’s either him or me and in a situation like that you have to look out for you’re self and your family. I think what drove people to confess was that if you confess you have a better chance to make out alive with no friends of no support but you are going to be alive. Even though it was not for sure that if you confess you were going to be free but most of the time you had a better chance to live. And I think people also confess because if you confess of practicing witchcraft the judges would probably feel that your faith in god came back and that’s why you confess of being guilty and they would probably let you free. I would think about my family a lot I would put them first and if I need to admit something that is not truth so I could be with my family and be there for them then I would do it.

Guilty (Tiara)

I think that if I was to be guilty, I wouldn’t blame it on people because their so innocent and instead of lying I wouldn’t lie because that’s a bad thing to do and you can get into more trouble that way, but so far as I know I would tell the truth about what I did by turning myself into the police , and If I did accuse them I would sit there be panicking about what I did and what did I do why I did it and if I had a reason to do anything like that and I would sit and also think like but what would they do to the other people since I blamed them for it I might as well just turn myself in and call it a day but I think nobody should ever blame anything on nobody if they didn’t do anything bad because its just wrong and I also believe that who ever did it should tell the truth about it and just go ahead and take that punishment in jail for a day or to until they realize the next time they need to tell the truth about what ever happened.

Guilty (Deaunte)

  I choose to plead guilty. The reason why is because really sooner or later you’re going to get caught. So I think that it would be best to confess because if the caught me. When most people try to get away and try to lie about everything usually that’s when everything falls and they get caught how they fell, well its because when you tell one lie you got to tell some more lies covering the first lie you told. Basically Id rather confess right there and maybe the consequences’ wouldn’t be as saver as it was if you lied and they found out later. What people don’t realize is that a lie can trap you and the truth could set you free even though t in this case you’ll probable get beat instead of being hanged. Being a witch in this point in time it would be a serious crime because of there was 17 villagers that have died from this and of curse if you were a witch and got caught in a lie, chances are you’re going to be more than just hanged!

Guilty (Gabby)

For me it was worth admitting because I didn’t get killed. Even though I really wasn’t a witch but I just didn’t want to keep on getting beat. I wouldn’t accuse other people for witchcraft even though they accused me. I think that people should just worry about their own lives and not mine that is why I don’t think I should of accuse anyone. If I was that kind of person I would just point fingers to anyone I didn’t like but not all of them are going to have the same luck I did, some of them might die and some might even live.  I wouldn’t accuse others to save my self. I wouldn’t want someone to die because of me.  

           

What drove people to confess was the beating. Some of them just couldn’t handle being accused by someone that they barley even knew.  A lot of them just killed them self because they just didn’t they didn’t want to be hung in front of the entire town.  If they weren’t guilty most of the people had to be careful not to give some suspicion to anyone of the town, because if they did they would be accused of witchcraft, and most of them didn’t want to go to the court and to go through that process. 

Guilty (Jose)

 I am guilty of being possessed by the witch to confess that am guilty of being a

witch I am not a witch but the truth is that I would just say I am because its easy instead of saying am not and be sides my life would be in the line of I say I am not well its ether way because thy would hang me if I am or if am not they maybe well to if they have evidence say that I am a witch. Say for instance I would say that I am not, they would tell me that this person said that I was seeing with witches and that I do witchcraft and they would hang me. But I just played guilty. If they were to ask me of I knew someone else that would be in the witches side I would tell on them too for tell on me might as well if am going down am bring the one who told on me. Its just easy to tell the truth then a lie or tell the lie then the truth because ether why if you wouldn’t do nothing it well still go

Wrong.

Confess (Alberto)

First of all I wouldn’t confess that I am a witch, but then bad things would happen to me if I didn’t tell the truth. If I was a witch I wouldn’t confess to the people that I don’t get along with, but I will tell some of my friends that I trust the most. If I were to get caught I would say that I’m innocent and I would try to convince them that I don’t do witchcraft. I know it would be mean to blame someone else, but anyone would do the same if it was them who was going to be killed for being a witch and that’s exactly what I would do. I wouldn’t blame and innocent person but I would pick someone who committed a horrible crime. Now the bad people would get kill instead of the people who are witches. It also depends if the witches are good or bad. But I also think it would be better to confess so the people can see that your not trying to cause any harm, but that your just trying 

Plead Guilty (Erick)

Well first of all no body made me confess. It was my choice I wanted to confess because I didn’t want women, children, and men to be afraid of going out to the forest because there is nothing bad in the forest or them being scared of people who get sick and think they got in some kind of witch craft problem but they really didn’t they are just sick and need help. So I choose to confess. It wasn’t worth admitting I used witchcraft because a lot of people knew me and looked up to me and talk to me but now everyone looks at me like if I was a monster. So I really don’t know if me admitting to what I did is good cause everyone looks at me like I was going to kill them or do something to them. I wouldn’t accused no one else to save my self because at the end they are going to find out and the consequences are going to be worse. Also if I accuse someone I have to have evidence of what he or she did and why he or she did what they did or were up to. People said they were guilty of witchcraft because the would go on some black book and name them ass the people who did witchcraft. Also they would say that they were good a Christian if they admitted the truth of them doing witchcraft.

confess save the trouble, your reputation is not worth your life (Leroy)

In Salem many people died by telling the truth, but more people live by pleading guilty of witchcraft. I think the rules we’re stupid, anyone in the correct state of mind would see that people only confess a lie to save their lives. Me personally would not have a problem with pleading guilty to save my life. I have nieces and family to live for. I know the normal human causality is to tell on another for bringing their selves harm. I would not gives new names, because that seems like it would elevate the problem, and bring more people to that turning point. John proctor at the end of the play denied Abigail’s life, and pleaded innocent. I think is reason of doing that was for respect. If john proctor would have pleaded guilty, witchcraft would be stuck on his name, and his three children would have to grow up knowing that it was proven their father had something to do witch craft.

I am a type of person that does not care what the next person thinks. I think people will have to learn that in life, because it will always be gossip upon you. I am a Christian and lying is not one my favorites, but to save my life I would have to ask for forgiveness once again.

                            

Pleading Guilty (Meiko)

When a lot of people confess to doing witchcraft, the only person that possessed them to confess was himself or herself. Sometimes, people can have a guilty conscious & they feel bad about whatever they’ve done so they tell on themselves.  I feel like it is worth admitting guilt to save ourselves because GOD gave us life. It’s a precious thing & us just giving up & not caring if we’re hung or if we want to live is just foolish to me because we we’re all put here for a purpose & it wasn’t just to take us right back off of earth.  I would NEVER accuse someone to save myself because  that’s just selfish & I would NEVER want anyone to do that to me.  I feel like people being scared drove them to confess. They probably felt like if they didn’t confess, they would have got killed/ hung anyway.  A lot of people stood up to say they we’re innocent because they have things to live for, like a FAMILY!  Some people in this world just has confidence in knowing that they didn’t do something so they’re going to stand up for whatever they feel is right. If they didn’t do anything, it’s no reason for them to be convicted of it. Reputation was a very big thing back, & it is now.  Almost all of Salem Town we’re Christians. Nobody wanted to be killed with the reputation of doing witchcraft because they we’re going to be talked about & their family was going to be disrespected.  Honor & respect is very important to me because if nobody respects you, your going to fill like your nothing really. (that’s just my personal opinion)  I would have been kind of angry in their shoes because I just did it so that I could live & your going to judge me.