Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of this narrative. In Paragraphs 3 and 4 of "A Witch Trial at Mount H
olly," the author uses the words search and scrutiny to describe the examination of the Accused. How do these words affect the meaning of the article? They convey that the Accusers were judgmental. They show that the Accused are not to be trusted. They hint at how guilty the Accused really are. They suggest how carefully the people are tested.
Obviously the Accusers were judgmental.The lived their lives according to morals and religious beliefs that they considered sanctified.If any of their manners was not followed by a member of their society, they would suspect something evil was connected to it.The words search and srutiny suggest careful examination in order to find the sin in the behaviour of the Accused
