Mass hysteria is a mental disorder, which people tend to believe that they are sick just because they were influenced by another person. In this quote “Victims are often accused of faking it, but more often they are suffering real physical symptoms that are psychological in origin.” (Mass Hysteria in Upstate New York, by Ruth Graham) This states that majority of the victims are faking their illnesses and they were influenced by it, but also other victims have a disorder that has an unknown origin. Mass hysteria relates to the Salem Witch Trials, for example in the book “The Crucible” it shows how mass hysteria plays a part in the story. In the play Mary Warren sets an example of this. In this quote “ I-It were only sport in the beginning, sir,
