Silent Hill is
about a place called Silent Hill and the tragic event that took place. The story was that an underground coal fire
destroyed the town; however, the reason why was left out of the news. The story starts with an adopted girl Sharon
and her family. Sharon had reoccurring
nightmares. Her mother takes her to
Silent Hill to try and stop the nightmares and sleepwalking. Sharon gets separated from her mother, and
the mom must make her was through Silent Hill avoiding the creatures that lurk
in the shadows. The mother than
discovers what the tragic event was. The
town’s people saw this girl Alessa as a witch and being a witch they burned
her. The burning got out of control and
started the coal fire that destroyed the town.
I came across a short article called Some facts about the
Salem witch trials. It talked about
the witchcraft and the punishments for witches.
The puritans of New England believed everything was either the work of
God or the work of the devil. People
would claim a person was a witch if he or she were hurting animals, or causing
illness or for women unladylike behavior.
Witches were thought to be the devil’s advocate. In Salem, the witches were hung. However, in Europe the witches were
burned.
I thought Silent Hill did
a great job portraying the puritan beliefs of the devil’s work and how to deal
with witches. The one thing I don’t
think the got right was the person who was burned. The town’s people burned Alessa, the little
girl; however, the mother of Alessa was the one who had unladylike
behaviors. However, since the people burned an innocent
girl, they condemned their town and the people to hell. In the end, the town is in hell and the
people must like among the creatures are there too. Overall, this was a great movie and it
covered a bunch of different theme including the witch burning.
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