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in fact, it is largely regarded as the first symbolic novel in America.) C. He wrote stories with narrative interest, case in transition, coherence, and plexity. D. His style is soft, flowing, and almost feminine. (his touch is light, but his observation is somber) E. He used ambiguity to keep the reader in a word of uncertainty. ( Hawthorne renders this beautiful passage to remind the reader, seemingly at every turn, that meaning, or truth, will be profoundly difficult to uncover) Salem Witchcraft Trial in 1692 The map of Salem (塞勒姆 ): Salem was settled in 1629,Massachusetts In 1688 Goody Glover : a laundress Martha Goodwin: a 13yearold girl Strange behavior brother and two sisters Goody Glover was arrested and accused of bewitching the children. Reverend Cotton Mather Glover was hanged met twice with Glover after her arrest to persuade her to repent her witchcraft In 1692 January 20 Abigail Williams(11) Elizabeth Parris (9) Strange behavior Other girls in Salem MidFebruary, 1692: Doctor Griggs, who attended to the “afflicted” girls, suggested that witchcraft was the cause of their strange behavior. trials Procedure Used In The Salem Witchcraft Trials 1. The afflicted person makes a plaint to the