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Hysteria is an uncontrollable outburst of fear among a society. Throughout the story “The Crucible, hysteria spread by fear of others throughout the community in many ways. Abigail was one of the main characters in the story that showed great hysteria fearing others that mentioned her name. At the beginning of the story Abigail and some girls were found dancing in the woods. Fearing that she would be accused for witchcraft Abigail responded “Uncle, the rumor of witchcraft is all about; I think you’d best go down and deny it yourself. The parlor’s packed with people, sir. I’ll sit with her” (Miller, 10). This is showing how Abigail was worried about her reputation in the community and how she wanted her uncle to go to the parlor to deny it to the people. This is also showing how over one night an uprising of fear spread throughout the town, fearing

During the Salem Witch Trials in The Crucible, a total of 20 innocent lives were cruelly taken because they were thought to have been practicing witchcraft. The Crucible is a play written by Arthur Miller that is set in the late 1600’s in Salem, Massachusetts, and the intensity of the play is due to the extreme amount of panic and drama that is brought on by the witch trials. Three of the major characters in The Crucible that represent the motif of hysteria the most are John Proctor, Abigail Williams, and Mary Warren, because of the scandals that they are involved in during the play. Hysteria plays a major, if not the biggest role in the play and throughout the entire play hysteria is displayed in almost every aspect of life in Salem because of the intensity of the witch trials and the huge impact the trials have on the citizens of Salem.

In the beginning of Miller’s play, Abigail, and other girls, are found by Reverend Parris dancing in the woods with Tituba. This event led Ruth Putnam and Betty Parris to lie still in fright, which in turn led to the summoning of Reverend Hale. When Hale arrived in Salem, he questioned Abigail’s innocence and good name by asking if she was the one who called the devil to Salem. Being the selfish character that she is, one of the most important things to Abigail was protecting her good name. Therefore, in response to these accusations, Abigail used Tituba as a scapegoat and ruined Tituba’s name, instead of having her own tarnished. By doing this, Abigail indirectly forced Tituba to choose death or confessing to witchcraft. In doing this, Tituba would eventually be forced to tell Reverend Hale who she saw with the devil, causing the beginning of the hunt for witches within Salem. Abigail should therefore be the character who is blamed the most for the tragedies in the play, as she indirectly caused the first accusations of witchcraft in

In this world there have been causes of mass hysteria even back in the old days. In 1939 Mysterious girls were having cases of strange twitching making parents of the students curious. A big cause of hysteria was found in a case of a girl suffering in lack of attention. She was having sorts of insecurity and paranoia. For common people, twitching is a sign of nerve problem. But one case in Louisiana in 1939 involved numerous students suffering from twitching and all inflicted students were female. It began when one female student show sign of twitching in her right. It happened during an annual homecoming ball. Unfortunately, the twitching did not end up on that particular day, in fact, the twitching became worse as weeks went by. Following the incident, some of her fellow

Although, Abigail is accusing innocent people for being witches, but the judges doesn't know that Abigail is lying because she want to hide her affair with John proctor. In the beginning of the play, Abigail first accuse Tituba for witchcraft. For example Abigail said “ she made me do it! She made betty do it!” (miller page 482). Abigail is telling Mr hale and Mr. parris that tituba is making abigail and betty to do witchcraft, but actually Abigail want tituba to make love potion for John proctor to love her. Everyone in salem town is believe her with big lies. Everyone is scared of Abigail because they can be accuse. Abigail and her friend are blaming others for witchcraft and pretending they are getting hurt. People are getting arrest or getting hang up because abigail and her friends doesn't like them. According to cheever “ There be so many cows wanderin’ the highroads, now their master are in jail and much disagreement who they will

In the play, the pugnacious actions of the accusers on those accused of witchcraft unveil the conspicuous beliefs that buttress all actions regarding witchcraft. The accusers in the Salem court feign hysteria as they are aware of the potency of Sarah Good, Tituba, and many of the other accused witches (Miller 1209, Tunc Web). The display of pain is an attempt to create the impression that the Sarah and Tituba are infecting the “normal” girls (Tunc Web). Such hysteria allows Abigail to avoid allegations when she accuses Tituba and others of serving the Devil (Tunc Web, Miller 1154). According to Tanfer Tunc, in the

     Hysteria was a very obvious theme shown throughout the play, The Crucible. It was all started by a few young girls in Salem, Massachusetts. They were all dancing in the woods one night and were caught by Paris, the reverend in that small town. The next day two of the young girls were sick and would not move, talk, nor eat . The town began to start talk of witch craft

On September 11th, 2001 tragedy struck, when two planes flew into the World Trade Center, a plane crashed into the Pentagon, and a plane that crashed down in Pennsylvania. These horrific acts of terrorism changed America into what it is today. It changed the way people thought about others and how equal the American people really are. The United States was in a panic and was ready to accuse others immediately. The Crucible showed us that a shocking, confusing event can make people almost go insane with fear. Many are willing to risk others lives to get their points across. This is when hysteria hit the town of Salem and later the United States. Hysteria is an exaggerated, uncontrollable emotion that usually specializes in a group of people. Like Salem people were accused and unjustifiably punished. The attack on the world trade center affected how many live their lives today both mentally and physically. Opinions like,“9/11 lead to mass hysteria because it was a horrible, sudden tragedy that many people did not see coming”(Maravilla,Perez,Avina, Pg 1). The long term effects of this incident were unnerving. The leaders of this society had to change how they protected this country and had to alter their immediate opinions of a certain people, in fact most people had to as well. The cause of the hysteria was just after the events occurred when the air became thick with worry and uneasiness. This tragic historical event caused several hundreds to live in fear for what “might be

Hysteria, One very very important emotion that was shown a lot in the play, from showing extreme happiness when a “witch” was executed or when they finally caught a criminal or a sinner. But also hysteria ties into fear, it can over take your brain with no question, You could be the nicest person in the world and if you were around a angry mob fighting for the same thing you are you might join the mob and do some nasty actions without question or clear thoughts. John Proctor one the main characters was able to show Hysteria at one time or another in the play, when they accused him for witchcraft, and said if he turned himself in that they would post it on the door of the church his emotions ran wild. Screaming “This is my name” “This is my name” to the

Firstly, those that act in the interest of preserving power and self-interest create the use of fear and uncertainty. As a result, irrational and unjust behavior compromise justice within a society. Even Pyle states “the question is further complicated because the forces of society (the trials) may be corrupted by self-interest (Parris)” (Pyle). By definition, mass hysteria is “a socially contagious frenzy of irrational behavior in a group of people in reaction to some event experienced in common” (Nicholas). Miller’s point of using mass hysteria in Salem is to illustrate the events of

Miller is able to portray the madness of Salem in a variety of ways, throughout the whole of the play however the ending of each act allows the audience to fully feel the hysteria. By incorporating changes of key themes and ideas as well as using links throughout the text and a variety of dramatic techniques towards the end of each act, Miller is able to leave the audience with a sense of this madness. The ways in which he reflects the madness change from scene to scene however each technique is just as important as others.

“The Crucible” displays hysteria in many ways throughout the play, but the main act of hysteria was that it wrecked the people of Salem. Hysteria is an exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion, which is mainly demonstrated by divisions of society. Hysteria takes a main part of the play because it caused the people of Salem to do such unreasonable acts. One hysterical act in “The Crucible” was during the Salem Witch Trials, one hundred fifth people were accused for practicing

Anyways Abigail friend named Tituba seemed to be a real witch because it seemed that people had proof she was . Tituba wanted Mister Parris killed because he would have slaves and white people belonging to him and I think Tituba was one of them. Tituba knew that the devil was going for the innocent flesh first because it was easier for him .Abigail wanted to be a part of Jesus again ,she seemed tired of dancing with the devil or doing his troubled work and she was too tired of everything he or the other witches would do . The whole village wanted to send them to court because the witches or the deficient to be witches didn't/don't anything just sway in the forest and they seem that they realized that Tituba was really a witch because he apparently k how to do witchcraft and I think that Abigail and Betty were learning from Tituba . Tituba didn't really want anything bad to happen , it seemed that he just wanted to do it for seeming entertaining for him and everybody in the village took it the wrong way and wanted them to be hung I believe or just wanted them to be punished

In Miller’s play, the town of Salem falls into mass hysteria. Hysteria is a condition in which community-wide fear overwhelms logic and individual thought. The girls were fueled by hysteria many times throughout the play. For example, in Act I, the girls*Ruth and Betty* pretend to be ill (insert quote). The girls fell into coma-like states as a

A third theme that is developed in The Crucible is hysteria. Hysteria is defined as a state of violent mental agitation. Hysteria plays a great role in the storyline