The feminist historian Carol Karlsen argues that the fear of oppression of women was mainly the result of how the Puritan culture viewed women; they were seen as 'evil ' which, Karlsen argues, is why witches were generally seen as women.1 Inheriting women broke the traditional values the Puritans had and were received with violence and anger. But to understand this, I need to look into what exactly the Puritans valued in context to women. The Puritan values of the 1690s, was that women were the "weaker vessel in both body and mind" 2 and that "her husband ought not to expect too much from her"2. The leaders of Salem Town and Village were men who reacted badly or negatively to women as they were viewed as inferior to men (who were expected to
