Human nature is a word describing our reactions to events‚ our own inner struggles‚ and our interaction with others‚ a tendency that every human has in common. (Human Nature in The Crucible) In‚ The Crucible‚ several of the characters are constantly feuding‚ not only among themselves but with the entire community as well. Many citizens spread ridiculous lies and rumors accusing innocent people of being “under the influence” of the devil. The people of Salem fall victim to an eruption of delirium
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In American History‚ many events are started and thrived off of mass hysteria and paranoia; two notable examples of this are the Salem Witch Trials and the reign of Senator McCarthy during the Cold War. During the colonial period of the United States‚ an event known as the Salem Witch Trials took place in Salem‚ Massachusetts. This infamous event lead to prosecution and eventual hanging of several people‚ some of which had been falsely accused. A similar event happened nearly 200 years later during
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Sequential to the 1692 Salem witch trials‚ Author Arthur Miller transcribed the mishaps and vindictive behavior in his play The Crucible‚ which portrays the hysteria and consternation of the town. An exemplar woman named Elizabeth Proctor exhibits the arbitrary and discriminatory circumstances. In distinguishing‚ unlikeness Mary Warren impersonates a girl whose hesitancy and uncertainty guides her to condemn many lives. The play depicts the inequitable mobocracy and unjustified perpetrations provoked
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English III-105 November 2017 The CrucibleIn The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ there is lots of scenes where mass hysteria is used by characters to exploit other people in the book. This is demonstrated in a story based off the Salem Witch Trials and a major problem in the McCarthy Era. Arthur Miller was living through this McCarthy Era where people were accused for being communists yet there was none. He wrote The Crucible based off the that. Mass hysteria is used within the story by Abigail‚ Hale‚ and
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The Language of Hysteria During the 1690s‚ there was a mass hysteria due to beliefs of the existence of witches. With this fact came the Salem Witch Trials which occurred in Salem Village‚ Massachusetts. A young child began to exhibit abnormal behaviour and so she was taken in to be examined‚ they found nothing that could cause her to behave in such a manner. The entire village began to panick and started praying to God to get rid of evil. Conspiracies began to take rise in the village that made
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The Cult of Hysteria During the women’s rights movement of the late 19th and early 20th century‚ woman who exhibited depression or psychotic symptoms were thought to have just come down with “hysteria”. Sigmund Freud was one of the first psychoanalysts to study hysteria in women‚ though others‚ including the psychoanalyst Charlotte Perkins-Gilman was sent to for her case of “hysteria”‚ S. Weir Mitchell‚ formed “the resting cure”. Mitchell prescribed Gilman the “resting cure” when she became depressed
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Mass Hysteria. Hysteria describes a state of mind‚ one of unmanageable fear or emotional excess. Mass hysteria refers to a condition affecting a group of persons‚ characterized by excitement or anxiety‚ irrational behaviour or beliefs or inexplicable symptoms of illness. History is said to repeat itself‚ and in the case of hysteria this seems to be a certainty. Over thousands of years numerous events have began a whirlwind of mass hysteria blowing situations out of proportion escalating to extreme
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Hysteria is a mental disorder marked by excitability‚ anxiety‚ or imaginary disorders. It can play an important role in people’s lives. Hysteria supplants logic and enables people to believe that their neighbors‚ whom they have always considered highly respectable‚ do things they would never expect them of doing. In "The Crucible"‚ hysteria causes people to believe their friends are committing deplorable acts. The townsfolk accept and become active in the hysterical climate not only out of genuine
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Mass hysteria is a condition affecting a group of persons‚ characterized by excitement or anxiety‚ irrational behavior or beliefs‚ or inexplicable symptoms of illness. It is also a common‚ tragic occurrence throughout human history. The Salem Witch Trials are an example of mass hysteria‚ as are Beatlemania‚ The Dancing Plague of 1518‚ and The War of the Worlds in 1938. The Salem witch trials occurred in the colony of Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693. More than 200 people were accused of practicing
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THE MASS HYSTERIA IN SALEM In The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller illustrates the hysteria the town of Salem undergoes when those are accused of withcraft. In The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller describes the panic in Salem when the town is accused of whichcraft. Once the girls are caught in the woods dancing‚ the whole town starts to accuse others to save their own lives. Once everyone is being accused‚ Abigail sees this as a perfect time to finally be with John Proctor and accuses his wife
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