Typically with the term hysteria the idea of a frenzy comes to mind, were people who are among a group experience exaggerated amounts of excitement, emotion, and even fear. In Arthur Miller’s play “The Crucible” the town of Salem, Massachusetts experiences this first hand, where a total amount of nineteen people were killed because of the madness that erupted among its people. While reading the production we as readers see an apparent pattern in the accusations being brought up by the characters. Abigail Williams and Mary Warren demonstrate how hysteria can affect the community and the people in it, and how there are differences and similarities in the way it was displayed.
