The Salem witch trials website taught me a lot more about the trials from a commoner’s point of view. I knew about the trials out of the history books but I did not really have a feel for the emotions of the time. The best comparison I can come up with is that reading about the events in Salem in a history book is like looking at a picture of a car but the website provides an experience similar to driving the car in the picture, It taught me about the choices of the people put in the predicament that is being accused of being a witch. The people of the time were admirably dedicated to their religious beliefs but the Salem witch trials were definitely an event in history where idealism was not morally higher than pragmatism.