"Abigail Hobbs, you are brought before Authority to answere sundry acts of witchcraft...What you say? Are you guilty, or not speak the truth. I will speak the truth. I have seen sights and been scared. I have been very wicked" ("The Salem Witchcraft Trials"). Looking at the time period, why did Abigail Hobbs confess? We know from historical evidence that she was innocent of the accusation. Why did Abigail chose to comply with the authorities rather than refute the conviction? From what is evident, Abigail's confession saved her from being hanged. Unfortunately, because there were many who did not confess, nineteen were hung in Gallows Hill of Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. Up until today, the Salem witch trials are still widely analyzed and talked about by historians, scholars, professors and students. There are many arguments as to why this injustice occurred and why it occurred specifically in Salem. Many journals, books, and lectures have identified the how, when, and where facts of the event but they also do try to answer why this event happened. Some scholars may take the economic, psychological, mass hysteria and social pressure approach. The casual argument best proposed that will explain some of the outside factors that influenced Abigail's confession are argued by Professor Clark stating that "the Puritans used theology to connect the visible order of their society to the invisible spiritual principles on which it was based" and also Elizabeth Reis feminist approach to the cause of the trials. It is evident that Abigail Hobbs confession was due to her subjugation to man and society therefore her confession reasserts the weakness and submissiveness she had not only as a citizen but as a woman. The recorded testimony of Abigail's will support my interpretive claim as well as Professor Clark's and Elizabeth Reis.
             The Puritans were strict in religious intolerance, possessed st...