Word: controlbetween
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...accused witches didnot have excessive personal or social power.However, their victims, as well as the hystericalcommunity, perceived them as having some level ofcontrol that both the victims and the communitylacked. The late 17th century witch-hunt at Salem,Massachusetts, provides an example of thishalf-real, half-illusary struggle for controlbetween the "witches" and the community. The verybelief in witchcraft itself became a tool withwhich the victims attempted to gain personalcontrol and the society attempted to maintainsocial order and control of its environment...
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