This strikes me as a tale of the classic Witch Hunt. Think of it: early America, a new land, with the settlers freshly moved in. This is a land of promise and different from Ye Olde Country.
It is because of this sense of freedom that some people felt a freedom from their beliefs...dabbling in esoteric and unusual arts...
...but plenty of people were not affected in this way, and so someone looks out their window one night and gazes upon something terrifying: a woman, "lighting the candles...speak(ing) to the dead."
This is clearly a re-telling of this classic Witch Hunt tale.
This strikes me as a tale of the classic Witch Hunt. Think of it: early America, a new land, with the settlers freshly moved in. This is a land of promise and different from Ye Olde Country.
It is because of this sense of freedom that some people felt a freedom from their beliefs...dabbling in esoteric and unusual arts...
...but plenty of people were not affected in this way, and so someone looks out their window one night and gazes upon something terrifying: a woman, "lighting the candles...speak(ing) to the dead."
This is clearly a re-telling of this classic Witch Hunt tale.