Stories/Plays/Scripts Witchery was seeped into
people's lives from all aspects at
Spread in Words
Explaination to the
unfathomable
No matter in what
tradition or time, when
unexplainable events
repeatedly happens
supernatural tales would often
come in place. This could simply
be because people would feel
better believing that that there is
someone controlling these events
intentionally, as people would be
even more afraid thinking events
are happening out of human control
and they have absolutely no way of
dealing with it.
Women's Low
Social Status
Makes them easily
accused for unexplained
phenomenons with little ability
to defend or refute. At the
time, women was also
stereotyped as emotional and
easily triggered by emotions
such as jealousy; This is often
accused as the reason
women become witches or
excerise witchery.
the time; No matter which class When witchery is mentioned in
the people were in, the belief of official documents and processes,
witchery is infiltrated into it will mislead the public to further
entertainment and chats. Exemplary
believe that witchery is definetly Comfort Public
Naratives
real and existing;
Emotion
When big incidents happen - whether
it is a wellknown crime case, long-term
If the public doesn't bad weather, or a disease - and the
believe what the public needs an explaination or saying
When a concept is country accepts as from the government, witchery is
repeated over and over by evidence in exemplary almost fitting into all cases. Compared
different people and sources all processes, the unity as a country to actually investigating and solving a
around, humans tend to believe that would have shattered easily. case
the concept is true due to the Illusory How its Built Proves the public trusts officials at
truth effect. Therefore, as more the time.
people believe in witchery, the
Into People King/Authorities/Officials
snowball effect would cause even
more people to believe witchery
faster.
Reason For
Actions
Strong
Reason the Belief of Not only can witchery be used by
belief exists the government as a reason to
Witchery in The Belief easily trial individuals, seeing the
strong negative emotions towards
1590-91 Being Used for witchery, it could also be added
Own Benefits into pratically any reasoning for
Scotland any political action to gain public
support.
Power of Fear
Makes the public
more manipulative
as people tend to
more urgently grab
Due and believe
to the low things/people that
Frabricate Attention
status of women, seems reliable
it makes them Others Grabber
when in fear.
more vulnerable
to blames from Using the public's belief in witchery, it Due to people's fear to the unknown,
the public and can become excuses or reasonings for when the component of witchery is
rumors. individuals that make mistakes are added to any event or incident it would
commit crimes. This could allow those easily grab public attention. This could
individuals to escape from penalty and be used by individuals wishing to
also frabricate others (in this case, manipulate incidents and public
often innocent women accused as opinion.
witches) to pay for their actions.