HIST 305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Bourgeoisie, Proletariat, Charnel House
13 Nov 2017
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Witches : compared to each, but very different: black magic (maleficia): evil, curse, causes sickness, infertility, catastrophe, bad weather, poisoning = killing ppl, magic is evil and forbidden. Institutionalized: has chants, but their prayers, not spells. It"s compulsive; makes things happen with sunday service: drinks blood and eats babies (allegedly lol these are from his notes! ), drinks wine and eats crackers/wafers: both try to bring and influence young ppl into their ways, magic is all the evil in the world and unspeakable acts. They have orgies and the devil appears to have sex with them, they give the devil baby sacrifices. Why did it use these: titanic (1912, titanic film (1997)- film a form of interpretation; emotional communication. Film was purely director"s interpretation; there is no way of knowing exact details of this event. These conventions appealed to the traditional, romanticized accounts of shipwreck (male heroism, etc : how are the events that occurred during the eruption of mt.
