Agatha is well-known among the Westview witches.
How is Agatha’s Trial Similar?
Her trialtook place during the Salem witch trialsin 1693.
Witchcraft was basically the supposed act of using magic or sorcery, often times to hurt others.
Christian ideology considered witchcraft to beabilities granted to witches by the Devil.
More than 200 people were put on trial.
Out of these 200,nineteen of them were executedby hanging.
If the crops didn’t grow, it must be witchcraft.
Most, if not all, of the people who were accused of witchcraftwere actually innocent.
The Witchcraft Act of 1604was the English Law regarding witchcraft.
Partaking in any form of witchcraft, even in the slightest, wasa felony and punishable by death.
Religion and superstition were the gateway causes of the mass hysteria that took place in Colonial America.
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That didn’t mean that the Salem witch trials should have been justified.
Proper trials were eventually held in the late 1690s to early 1700s.
It took a long time for Salem to own up to their horrible means of justice.
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This just goes to show how mass hysteria can be weaponized for corruption purposes.
As seen inWandaVison, Agatha was dragged into the woods by eight people and tied to a wooden pole.
When they question her about committing witchcraft, she does admit that she is a witch.
Agatha Harkness, following the events of “WandaVision,” embarks on a quest to reclaim her lost powers. Teaming up with unlikely allies, including the son of her former enemy, she faces new mystical threats while navigating a complex world of magic and intrigue.
The coven accused her of using forbidden knowledgeto practice dark magic.
Agatha attempts to deny these claims to spare her life, but her cries go unheard.
Rather than burning her at the stake, her coven blasts her with magical energy to execute her.
Agatha kills her mother in retaliation and goessearching for the Darkhold.
Agatha All Alongis available to stream on Disney+ in the U.S. New episodes drop every Wednesday.
