Observation: Goody Nurse is not feeling well and the judge believes it's witch craft or demons based on what others have been saying about her. She is an old woman and is just sick from age.

Interpretation: Her illness cannot be seen by the naked eye so it is hard for those to understand why she is so sick. She's been standing in front of everyone with no emotions yet she claims to be sick.

Connection: When someone accuses you of witchcraft in Salem, it was extremely hard to convince anyone that you are not. They took even a simple illness that you have and thought it was from a demon. The judge didn't believe Goody Nurse.

Complexity: I think about how hard it must have been to live in Salem during the 1600's. You could be doing anything and all of a sudden you are called a witch. It was much harder for woman than a man. Even being sick people will think you are a witch. Goody Nurse could do nothing but deny everything and keep her faith in God known. The voices of everyone else and the actions of the young girls were more believable to the judge than anything she had to say.

Observation: The accused, Goody Nurse used to be a professor in the community making her well known throughout the village. She isn't showing any emotion during her trial while everyone else is crying.

Interpretation: The way the accusers and the crowd watching are acting is sending a more powerful reaction to the judge. It's hard for him to find her innocent because of her lack in emotion to being convicted of abusing two young girls.

Connection: What one see's with their eyes is more powerful than what one says. if you act like a victim, then the more people are going to believe you. People in Salem only knew the truth in the Bible so if anyone acted out in a way the Lord would condemn evil, they were looked at as witches or being posessed by the devil because if you are living a holy life, how could you commit such an act of violence?

Complexity: When you think of the early 1600's people didn't know much except what they are taught. This document shows us that people only knew how to live their lives as what it say's in the bible. No real evidence is needed as long as enough people agree with you.

Observation: The person in charge of finding Goody Nurse guilty or not guilty is trying to understand how she claims her innocents when two grown people have come forward now.

Interpretation: No matter how innocent you are, the more people that accuse you, the less innocent you look. Not only are the two girls accusing Goody Nurse, two adults have joined them.

Connection: Goody Nurse's trial is based on whose account of a situation is true or false. During this time period of 1691, there is no way to show proof of a crime, only what people have seen or heard. The people in Salem dedicate their lives to their worship of God and live their life by the rules of Christianity. Goody Nurse knows only God can see her innocence.

Complexity: Showing your love and faith in God was a way to prove your innocence when someone accused you of a crime. God cannot save you if many people are accusing you, and all you have on your side is just yourself.

Observation: The person in charge of finding Goody Nurse guilty or not guilty is trying to understand how she claims her innocents when two grown people have come forward now.

Interpretation: No matter how innocent you are, the more people that accuse you, the less innocent you look. Not only are the two girls accusing Goody Nurse, two adults have joined them.

Connection: Goody Nurse's trial is based on whose account of a situation is true or false. During this time period of 1691, there is no way to show proof of a crime, only what people have seen or heard. The people in Salem dedicate their lives to their worship of God and live their life by the rules of Christianity. Goody Nurse knows only God can see her innocence.

Complexity: Showing your love and faith in God was a way to prove your innocence when someone accused you of a crime. God cannot save you if many people are accusing you, and all you have on your side is just yourself.

Observation: Goody nurse is on trial because the two girls are saying she hurt them. The girls cried while accusing Goody nurse.

Interpretation: Regardless if it is true or false, you can take someone to be accused no matter the crime. You have the right to defend yourself in front of your accusers.

Connection: The source tells us Goody Nurse is accused of hurting the girls by means of witchcraft. The only evidence they have is the two girls words against Good Nurse's words. The girls are crying and acting as if they are in such pain from the violence Goody put them through. Goody stands firm she did not touch the girls and her calm demeanor strikes everyone as odd as the girls can't help but cry.

Complexity: During this time in Salem, people lived their lives as Christians according to the bible. It seems the person judging Goody Nurse cares more about her faith in God and if she fell prey to demons which caused her to harm the two young girls. Goody Nurse denied all these claims with a stoic face that was opposite from what the girls portrayed. Your actions as the accuser and the accused seem more validating than your own words.