Tituba and parris are to blame for starting the hysteria because without parris telling everyone about the dancing and if tituba had not told people she was working with the devil people's suspicion eventually would had worn off. When parris says “and what shall i say to them? That my daughter and niece i discovered dancing like heathens in the forest?” (p.10). He is trying to figure out what really happened in the woods. When she doesn't tell him the truth the news of the dancing somehow slips out and gets around the town. And everyone freaked out and assumed it must be witchcraft. Another reason tituba and parris are to blame for starting the hysteria is when abigail says “she makes makes me drink blood.” and tituba says “no no, chicken blood
