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    writer also provides some solutions for people having nicotine addiction. Finally‚ some new information in the essay is new for me‚ and that create the interest for me while reading this essay. 2. Is the document formatted using MLA style? Yes‚ the paper formatted in MLA formatting style. It was clearly represented in document settings such as 1-inch margins all around‚ 2.0 line heights‚

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    The seeds of hysteria that are sown in The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ are anger‚ fear‚ and panic. Hysteria is an uncontrollable emotion‚ like anger‚ among a group of people. Abigail WIlliams creates fear in act 1 by the strange behavior‚ everyone in the town of Salem feared her‚ and her new “possessed” attitude. John Proctor creates anger in act 1‚ Proctor was angry that witchcraft was becoming such a hysterical thought in the town of Salem. Betty Parris odd‚ unhonest behaviour creates panic because

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    The Crucible: Hysteria and Injustice Thesis Statement: The purpose is to educate and display to the reader the hysteria and injustice that can come from a group of people that thinks it’s doing the "right" thing for society in relation to The Crucible by Arthur Miller. I. Introduction: The play is based on the real life witch hunts that occurred in the late 1600’s in Salem‚ Massachusetts. It shows the people’s fear of what they felt was the Devil’s work and shows how a small group of powerful

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    Moore 3rd Period 2/26/2014 Mass Hysteria Achoo! I bet your thinking about sneezing now‚ but wait. When you do‚ that will put everyone you are around at a risk of sneezing. Why you might ask? It is quite simple‚ it’s because I am magic. Don’t believe me? Go ahead and sneeze. Once you do‚ if there is a crowd around‚ it is guaranteed that at least one more person will follow you up. Ok I may have lied; I am in fact not magic. This is indeed only a theory of mass hysteria. This theory is one that by dictionary

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    MLA Commonly used to write papers and cite sources within the liberal arts and humanities. MLA Commonly used to write papers and cite sources within the liberal arts and humanities. * Periodical: Krugman‚ Andrew. "Fear of Eating." New York Times 21 May 2007 late ed.: A1. Print. * Online Database: Felluga‚ Dino. Guide to Literary and Critical Theory. Purdue U‚ 28 Nov. 2003. Web. 10 May 2006. * Film: It’s a Wonderful Life. Dir. Frank Capra. Perf. James Stewart‚ Donna Reed‚ Lionel

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    During the year of 1692‚ the small town of Salem seems to have been in a state of panic and confusion. The book Witchcraft at Salem‚ by Chadwick Hansen‚ is about the witchcraft conspiracies the town has experienced. Hansen goes on to explore the truthfulness of the "possessed" young girls. The reason why Hansen wrote the book is to try to set straight the record of the witchcraft phenomena at Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ in the year 1692‚ about which much has been written and much misunderstood. Hansen

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    logical answer‚ like Rebecca‚ Mrs. Putnam believes that the cause was supernatural. Abigail preys on many villagers on the belief of supernatural events and incites them into hysteria. Her exaggerated acts not only scare the villagers but also distract them from reason and logic causing mass hysteria. Mary Warren falls prey to hysteria and figuratively throws John Proctor under the bus instead of speaking the truth. Abigail with the other girls accused of witchcraft perform fake hallucinations and mind

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    you’ve been asked to submit a paper using MLA format‚ that means your instructor is expecting you to not only include information about the sources you used in researching the paper‚ but also to cite that information in the text itself. This means that if you mention or refer to an idea that you found somewhere‚ you must cite the source where you found it. It doesn’t matter if this source is a book‚ a journal‚ a DVD‚ or a website‚ you must give credit to the creator of that idea. This worksheet will

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    most impactful subjects he uses is hysteria‚ when a large group of people have an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear. This happens in the play when the town becomes fearful of witches and begins arresting anybody accused. Miller uses the characters to develop a theme around hysteria. Arthur Miller uses Mary Warren to show how hysteria causes the town to fall into pieces because of the destruction‚ hallucination‚ and distrust rampant in Salem. Hysteria causes the town to frantically destroy

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    The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 were a dark time in American history. More than 200 people  were accused of practicing witchcraft and 20 were killed during the hysteria. Ever since those  dark days ended‚ the trials have become synonymous with mass hysteria and scapegoating.    Causes    Salem‚ Massachusetts was not alone in its witch hunt. A wave of witch trials swept Europe  from the 1300s to the 1600s. These witch hunts happened for a variety of reasons and were  greatly influenced by the fear

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