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The magistrate, Captain Talcott, is questioning Kit during her examination. He wants to know if Kit knew Hannah Tupper’s cat, because according to Puritan superstition, cats are associated with the devil. Puritans like Talcott let this superstition affect the way they treat facts regarding Kit’s case, which shows how prejudice often leads people to the wrong conclusions. Because the Puritans want to believe that Hannah is a witch, they misinterpret any evidence to fit that theory.
Hannah’s cat is one such piece of evidence that the Puritans misinterpret during Kit’s trial—they think that the cat is a sign that Hannah…