Reasons Behind Salem Witch Accusations

There are many different theories to why the girls in the Salem witch hunts cried out. There are very many
good theories on why these girls accused their neighbors. I think my theory is one of the great ones. John Proctor and Abigail may not have had an affair but I do believe that there was some form of sexual contact between them. From this Abigail contracted syphilis. This occurred a while before the trials began and so by the time Abigail began to cry out she was in the latent stage of this sexually transmitted disease which caused her strange behavior described in this article by Mike Shafer, "Sometimes she would stare into empty space, choke and cough or get on her knees and bark like a dog," ( Mike Shafer, pg. 2 ). …