The Crucible Mob Mentality

Mob mentality happens when people come together because they are emotional and or angry about something. It can take just one act of violence to turn a crowd into a fury. One of the main factors that contributes to mob mentality is having the same feelings or views on an issue, such as something that is political or religious. Another factor of mob mentality is distribution of responsibility. Also, emotions are a key factor in mob mentality.
The main factor that contributes to mob mentality is having the same views on an issue. Usually when a riot or mob breaks out the people rioting have the same belief. In Goodnight and Goodluck, Murrow and Friendly decided to expose McCarthy for the fear monger he is. Both Murrow and Friendly believe McCarthy is guilty and that is why they decided
Not only is supporting the same idea a factor of mob mentality, but so it distribution of responsibility.
Another major factor that contributes to mob mentality is distribution of responsibility. People start to lose their individual values and principles and start to gain the mob’s values. They also believe that they can not be held accountable for their actions in a group because “everyone did it.” Most people would not engage in some of the actions that the mob does when they are alone. In The Crucible, when someone is accused of witchcraft all the young girls pretend to see the Devil, so the person accused gets hanged. They all just go with it and Mary Warren even pretends to faint. Danforth asks Mary Warren, “And you, Mary Warren, how came you to cry out people for sending their spirits against you?” Mary replied, “It were pretense, sir.” Danforth then replied, “Ah, And the other girls? Susanna Walcott, and--the others? They were also pretending?” Mary Warren confessed, “Ay, sir (Miller 210).” The girls do not see anything, they are all just acting out and truly believe since everyone is doing it they will not get caught. In an