Today, young girls are looking up to such iconic figures as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Xena Warrior Princess, and the three sisters of Charmed. These young women are the epitome of power for our society. However, if you look beyond their beauty and their physical strength, these women are merely powerful as a result of the extraordinary, unbelievable context they have been placed in to. Why is it that women can only be placed into these paranormal identities to even be considered powerful? To find the answer to this question we must begin with defining exactly what it is that makes a woman powerful, then we can look into the link between the histories of the Salem Witch trials, it’s affect on the role of women in society, and the portray
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