Hysterical contagion

Fear in The Crucible Fear is a powerful emotion. It defines humanity. The sole reason humans continue to progress and invent is due to the fear of the unknown. Humans have feared the unknown since the beginning of time. Therefore, it is logical that knowledge creates security. In scientifically ignorant societies such as puritan Salem in 1692, fear runs rampant when dozens of innocent people are accused of witchcraft and some hanged. In Arthur Miller’s famous play The Crucible, mass hysteria leads

Ophelia asked, “Belinda why are you so afraid of this giant you called Grunk?” “Shortly after we first came to Morpheus, I was Grunk's prisoner, imagine someone as powerful as Bork, only instead of helping you he's trying to get you instead, that's what we're up against. I'll make you a deal, you take care of him for me and I'll take care of one of your fears for you.” Hippie girl said, “Ophelia, I strongly urge you not to use your power, you are near the tipping point and could easily send us all

turn being a major part of social interactions, coordinated activity, and cooperation toward shared goals. Thus, de Waal (2008) discusses the three different levels of empathy, among which are emotional contagion, sympathetic concern, and empathic perspective-taking. Firstly, emotional contagion is simply about automatic sharing as the individual takes on the emotional state of another even without any understanding of the other (de Waal, 2008). Next, de Waal (2008) suggests sympathetic concern is

She earns her awards through an expansive, almost manic style that she makes her own, which is why it earns its placement into the genre coined hysterical realism (Wood). In studying the many parts that make up her style, we can gain a better appreciation for what made Zadie Smith jump from an English undergraduate student in Cambridge to the literary darling she is today (O' Grady). The

talent acquisition, which solely stems from human resources (H.R.) practices. The supplementary selected article titled: “Organizational Hiring Patterns, Interfirm Network Ties, and Interorganizational Imitation” proposes implications of social contagion, institutional theories to H.R. management and its indicative situational attributes that all Industrial and Organizational (I-O) practitioners and psychologists curiosity should continuously be sought out (Williamson & Cable, 2003). Additionally

The Black Cat by Edgar Allen Poe is a horror story about a man who loses everything he once had due to his alcohol use/abuse. The story begins when the narrator confesses his love for animals. The narrator marries a woman and introduces her to a black cat, named Pluto. The narrator begins to suffer from violent and uncontrollable mood swings, caused from influence of alcohol. After coming home drunk one night the narrator lashes out at Pluto, he quickly tries to grab the cat, only to be bitten.

This was portrayed throughout the play. This fear of contagion was shown when Martha, Karen, and Karen’s fiancé Joe, attempted to talk to Mrs. Tilford about the reason for all the children leaving the school. However, Mrs. Tilford refused to let them inside her house. She states, “You shouldn’t have come here”

If the tragedy was to be read in the light of modern psychopathology the interpretation will be found that Lady Macbeth is an accurate example of portraying the disease hysteria. It has been demonstrated that there is a rigid determinism in the mental world and that psychophysical processes are the result of a certain chain of causation of either conscious or unconscious. It has been repeatedly demonstrated that the resistance offered by the memory of emotional experience may sometimes be so great

takes shape in the form of sickness as she explains, “…As contagion/ of sickness makes sickness, contagion of trust can make trust”(l.19-20, 363). Moore utilizes this common thread of sickness, disease, and death to project the idea that this type of violent warring may not be worth the merits and value placed upon it, when so many must die. This type of ideal is described as a contagious sickness, but she makes the point that the contagion of trust also creates trust, which is more favorable than

One of the facets of living within civilized society is that there are certain norms and social conventions that people must follow. Frequently, there is a large effort on the part of government, financial, and social institutions to keep people doing most of the same thing as others going to work, driving cars, buying homes, etc. Despite the fact that people engage in these efforts individually, the simple fact that they are all attempting to do the same thing, in much the same way, is indicative