Hysterias In The Crucible

"Increasingly fed by a moral and political hysteria, warlike values produce and endorse shared fears as the primary register of social relations." - Henry Giroux
Where man has emotion that, along with conspiracies, that usually formulates within a collective population and has the potential to become mass panic, that in time becomes hysteria. With the occurrences of hysterias, individuals spasmodically act under the influence of propaganda, a figure of sorts, and various factors that may persuade mentalities based upon fears relevant to an event within a set period of time. The influence regarding the attraction to an event and or figure is more often than not set by how reasonably information is distributed and informed to an individual. If
In 1692, in Salem, Massachusetts, infamy would begin with a group of younger gals dancing within a forest and a Reverend witnessed what they were doing and at that time, it was sinful as the society was severe in what was allowed to be done within their population and as the Reverend witnessed the acts, he interrupted their frolicking and would inform the village that they were possibly corrupted by witches or in some cases, the Devil itself. As the village received that information, the news was precipitously known and regarded due to how lethal it was potentially to not only village, rather, the citizens themselves. "...May have been influenced by the fact that [...] what cause this extraordinary outbreak?" – (Davis) With the idea of ordeal being inevitable, aspects of what had occurred during the ordeal would be detailed thanks to author Arthur Miller who created one of his famous plays known as, “The Crucible” which elaborated upon what had occurred during the time period in which details were key in preserving any logic that was seemingly opted away due to certain characters within the story. With that, it would lead towards a series of illogical accusations that could be proven to other individuals if the individuals who is accusing another individual that they can see a spectral figure of sorts. A quote from “The Crucible” that relates to this idea was when Reverend Hale claimed, “This is a strange time, Mister. No man may longer doubt the powers of the dark are gathered in monstrous attack upon this village. There is too much evidence now to deny it.” The time in which he speaks that was before he had realized how absurd the village reacts to such accusations when exclaimed. Following the accusations, those accused were set upon trial would answer a slight series of questions, those of which featured the question that asked if one were to be a