Hysteria

Mass hysteria has the potential to tear a community apart as demonstrated in The Crucible. What is hysteria? “It is defined as an overwhelming fear and excitement that overrides all logic, and is often enhanced and intensified by the presence of others who are acting out on that fear” (Campbell). That theme is common throughout the play written by Arthur Miller. From the beginning, where the witchery begins to John Proctor getting hung, the little town of Salem undergoes major changes. That is…

Throughout history, power has been obtained in a variety of ways. There have been coups and simple cases of inheritance. Sometimes people use methods such as the use of hysteria. In order to obtain power and manipulate people’s actions, public hysteria is created and exploited. Two examples of this occurring include the Salem Witch Trials and the development of McCarthyism. The Crucible was written with focus on the Salem Witch Trials. Characters such as Judge Danforth and Reverend Parris used…

Mob Hysteria is said to be one of the most influential ways of beguiling or causing others to become one person to another; this could mean a person can be perfectly healthy one day and be sick the next due to a disease that is spreading, or a person accusing another for a particular reason. Thus, starts a situation that can be formidable if the situation continues to build up. For example, on January 30, 1962, three schoolgirls from a mission-run boarding school in Kashasha, Tanzania began…

Hysteria; can happen whenever and wherever fear and suspicion lie. Such a sudden scenario with the mix of the two could lead to injustice that could cause harm to the innocent. The witch hunts that occurred in 1692 showed a crazy example of how this topic affected such a small town. Suspicion and fear can lead to injustice and harm to the innocent because it causes hysteria. This is broadly shown in the play The Crucible and it's fascinating to see how one thing could lead to another like, what…

Witch Hysteria From June 10 through September 22, 1692, Salem, Massachusetts experienced a witch hysteria. Over the 15 week period, 19 men and women were hanged for witchcraft, and more than 100 accused people were jailed. Although some believed the cause for hysteria was a factor such as ergot poisoning, the cause was actually class division. Foremost, class division played major a role in the Salem area. The sharpest distinction was between the port’s residents living in the Salem Town area…

Chaos, confusion, frenzy, disorder—just some of the few terms one could use to describe the town of Salem in 1692. Mass hysteria can happen anywhere, and can happen at any time. In The Crucible, Arthur Miller uses characters like Tituba, Abigail Williams, and Mary Warren to show how the effects of hysteria took over the town and made many people act out like they normally wouldn’t do. In 1692 Salem was distraught. John Proctor was cheating on his wife, Mrs. Corey was reading fiction books and…

Jack Mickelson Woodall 4th November 4, 2017 The Crucible Mass hysteria is caused by deception and fear. In the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller affects past and today’s society because it spreads lies around that make people become fearful of it. Hysteria has brought millions to the attention of fear and it should be discontinued. In the past, hysterias spreading like a small cold. For example, The Salem Witch Trials, the government of colonial Massachusetts enforced the law of witchcraft…

Hysteria in The Crucible Hysteria is a prominent theme In The Crucible, by Arthur Miller. Hysteria is the underlying cause for everything that happens in the play; it is what moves the story along and urges the reader to think critically about the character’s actions and choices or rather their lack of critical thinking and choice. While there are many factors that potentially contributed to the hysteria in Salem, what is depicted in The Crucible is something man-made and perpetuated through…

2016 The Hysteria of the Iraq War for Oil The worldwide hysteria of the false Iraq War for oil has caused widespread political and social change and will continue to affect American politics for years to come. The Iraq War (2003-2011 and 2014-present) - already a controversial subject- was made even more debatable when oil conspiracy theories were started by the media who used delusive information to mislead the public. Subsequently, news ratings hit the jackpot after this hysteria came…

Hysteria As Demonstrated In The Crucible And 1950’s America In 1950’s America the war on communism had reached a high point and anti-communist feelings were overwhelmingly common. In response to the anti-communist hysteria occurring around him, Arthur Miller, a well known playwright, wrote The Crucible to demonstrate the hysteria surrounding the American citizens and their government. By analyzing the usage of the causes of hysteria and individual rationalization of actions that are commonplace…