What role do the Salem Witchcraft Trials play in our contemporary understanding of early New England settlers?

What role do the Salem Witchcraft Trials play in our contemporary understanding of early New England settlers? Locate a modern cultural artifact (a toy, book, game, film, TV show, etc) that draws on the mythology of the Salem Witchcraft Trials, and show how that artifact relates to one or more of the documents in the textbook.