Mendacity in Salem “Every act of dishonesty has at least two victims: the one we think is the victim and the perpetrator as well.” Relating this to Salem in the year 1692, you can definitely say that many acts of deceit were committed. Humankind needed a scapegoat to blame for the occurrence of unfavorable incidents. Blaming adverse conditions on the devil is the easy and obvious way out of any situation right? The people of Salem …showed first 75 words of 383 total…

…showed last 75 words of 383 total…to accuse someone of being a witch. It’s amazing how ridiculous their “court system” was. Being deeply religious is fine, but being a hypocrite is not. The Puritans lived by a very strict and inflexible code of morality and behavior. By being dishonest and accusing others of witchcraft is a sin. Their community lived in a sort of “boy who cried wolf” lifestyle and with no proof to substantiate anything, unfair decisions were made.