Titubas confession-european religious worldview of puritans

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Read "Tituba's Confession: The Multicultural Dimensions of the Salem Witch-Hunts" and answer the following questions:

1. What is the main thesis of this article? In other words, what is the central point that the author is attempting to convey?

2. Explain the reasons why the author believes that Tituba's multi-ethnic background played a key role in the development of the witch-hunts in Salem. In other words, how did Tutiba's African and Native American ancestry and knowledge of African and Indian religious practices convinced the Puritans that she practiced witchcraft and sorcery?

3. Also, why does the author suggest that the European religious worldview of the Puritans also played a key role in the Salem witch hunts?

4. Why does the author suggest that Tituba's confession in the witch-trials was not truly authentic? In which specific ways does the author suggest her confession was misinterpreted and perhaps manipulated?

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