The adjective “violent” and the abstract nouns “pain and terror,” for example, all imply great torment, while the powerful dynamic verb “tormented” allows readers to appreciate and understand the sheer grandeur of Tituba's “terror.” Tituba also interestingly prophesies that the Salem witch trials will arouse “the curiosity and pity of generations to come as the greatest testimony of a superstitious and barbaric age” (110). The abstract names “curiosity and pity” make the trials absurd and unthinkable, which makes the fact that they happened even more heartbreaking. The adjectives “superstitious and barbaric” reiterate this notion. It is important to note, however, that the thought of not being recognized as a victim of this travesty is not what devastates Tituba the most: it is the knowledge that others will be recognized for their suffering. She postulates that “petitions would be circulated, sentences passed, victims rehabilitated, their honor restored, and their property returned to their descendants,” but that she “would never be included!” (110). The runaway phrase