How Does Arthur Miller Use Mass Hysteria In The Crucible

Mason Rahim Mrs.Mcgill 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 Mary Warren to exploit the people around them.
Arthur Miller uses Mass hysteria through Abigail mainly throughout the story. Abigail uses her emotions to pretend seeing spirits and lies about what others do. She does this strategically so that whenever she is the topic of discussion she can start to blame someone else of witchery instead of herself. This happens plenty of times, For example, when Mary Warren was being accused of witchery, the attention turned towards her so she turned it back to Mary by pretending there was a bird speaking to her in “Mary's Spirit” trying to hurt Abigail. This was a complete lie so that Mary was the one being accused of witchery instead of her. Another …show more content…
She was a very good person throughout the story until she got to the point where she had to lie to save her own life. She was the maid that replaced Abigail in John's house. Mary warren used the power of mass hysteria to manipulate all of salem's thoughts on Mary. Everyone thought that she was a witch because of abigail. Mary decided to blame John Proctor to save her life. Mary blamed john of worshipping the devil and completely turned on him. John decided to give up and confess. This is all an example of mass hysteria being used because Mary used the power of others and lied to salem to get the attention off her. This is a very bold move to do, she risked her life and ruined
Mason Rahim Mrs.Mcgill 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 Mary Warren to exploit the people around them.
Arthur Miller uses Mass hysteria through Abigail mainly throughout the story. Abigail uses her emotions to pretend seeing spirits and lies about what others do. She does this strategically so that whenever she is the topic of discussion she can start to blame someone else of witchery instead of herself. This happens plenty of times, For example, when Mary Warren was being accused of witchery, the attention turned towards her so she turned it back to Mary by pretending there was a bird speaking to her in “Mary's Spirit” trying to hurt Abigail. This was a complete lie so that Mary was the one being accused of witchery instead of her. Another …show more content…
She was a very good person throughout the story until she got to the point where she had to lie to save her own life. She was the maid that replaced Abigail in John's house. Mary warren used the power of mass hysteria to manipulate all of salem's thoughts on Mary. Everyone thought that she was a witch because of abigail. Mary decided to blame John Proctor to save her life. Mary blamed john of worshipping the devil and completely turned on him. John decided to give up and confess. This is all an example of mass hysteria being used because Mary used the power of others and lied to salem to get the attention off her. This is a very bold move to do, she risked her life and ruined