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Content: Good is always depicted as an old hag with white
hair and wrinkled skin. She is often said to be sixty or seventy
years of age by the same writers who clearly state that she was
pregnant and had a six-year-old daughter. Even accounts from Salem
Villagers and magistrates at the time refer to her as an old
nuisance, hag, and bed-ridden. How did such a misconception arise? Perhaps her hard life did have such a physical effect on Good that
she did appear extremely aged. On the other hand, witches are
described in literature then and now as being old wicked women. If
Good was to represent the typical witch worthy of execution, then
it is not surprising that all of the stereotypes would be
accordingly attached. Good was a marginal woman and no doubt a
nuisance to her neighbors. However, the Salem trials were conducted
unfairly, with a presumption of guilt, and little evidence. Marginality is not worthy of hanging, and Good was never proved to
be nor did she confess to be a witch.