The movie The Witch was not particularly a scary movie, it was more of a slow burning creepy tale. There was a lot of suspicion, paranoia, panic and despair about the life of a farmer when his youngest son suddenly disappears. The family was expelled or exiled from the local area because of a religious dispute. Religion is the main pillar of identity in the 1630s so at the time, it had power to change lives. The family blames the eldest daughter for the youngest son’s disappearance since she was with him at that time. The family is being as rational as possible, when the truth is that a witch nearby kidnapped him. The witch kidnapped him because it allows the witch to become younger, so she can kidnap the oldest boy of the family later in the movie and kill him. The movie allows for people to understand how identity was shaped in the 1630s and what the repercussions could be if a puritan went against the word of God. The movie proves that faith and religion was the main factor for identification for the Puritans. It makes us ask questions today like could this situation happen contemporarily? Does religion still have as big of an impact on identity today? If not, then what makes us who we are today? What kind of altercation could trigger solitude in this day and age?
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