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    to the witch hysteria‚ lied to protect herself‚ frames Elizabeth of witchcraft in hopes she would be persecuted. Elizabeth is arrested which encourages John Proctor to finally stand up to the courts.

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    illustrated by Arthur Miller in his play‚ The Crucible. The fear of witchcraft engulfs the Puritanical society thus creating a mob rule. The fate of the town depends upon the morals of its people. John Proctor and Reverend Hale are key players in condemning the Witch Trials; ruling the mob are Abigail‚ Judge Danforth‚ and their followers. Even though the trials were intended to end when Salem was cleansed of the alleged witchcraft‚ it remained the responsibility of the individual to ensure that the

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    chronicled by Arthur Miller’s The Crucible were a pivotal time in history in which civilized society collapsed into madness‚ and consequently the ugliness of human nature was left unchecked to breed extraordinary cruelty. By the time the waves of witchcraft hysteria had settled in Salem‚ more than one hundred innocent people had been put in jail and twenty others

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    A mass hysteria causes a major uproar in the human population. As it was situated in 2012 when it was proclaimed‚ due to the Mayan calendar‚ that the world was going to finalize for the the living people. As it was expected‚ many people panicked and the whole society transformed into a riotous society. It lead to people attempting sucide‚ creating the 2012 film‚ and lastly the resolution‚ the Mayan calendar. First‚ the mass hysteria was the catalyst to people attempting suicide. People‚ along

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    she immediately pretended that a bird’s spirit was flying around the room and harming her. She did not want to be proved wrong. When I demanded to talk to her afterwards‚ she alluded the fact that the trials were deceitful and the allegations of witchcraft were

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    people were accused of witchcraft. Nineteen people were sentenced to death by the state government because of all the villagers that accused each other of being possessed by the devil. In contemporary times‚ these events are generally known as the Salem witch trials. A few hundred years later‚ in the early 1950’s‚ author Arthur Miller wrote a play about this part of American history called The Crucible. In this analysis I will argue that The Crucible‚ a play with hysteria and paranoia as main themes

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    world where people saw the Devil lurking behind every misfortune‚ it is little wonder they believed evil spirits were at work. But there may have been stronger factors behind the witch hunts—the Puritan lifestyle‚ a strong belief in the Devil and witchcraft‚ the divisions within Salem Village‚ and the expectations of

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    witch hunt as long as it’s someone else’s witch being hunted.” - Walter Kirn. From October to May in 1692 the killing of nine-teen innocent people took place in Salem‚ Massachusetts Bay Colony. This was called the Salem Witch Trials. This massive hysteria all started when a group of young groups started to act out. The girls started to scream‚ throw things‚ and contorted their bodies in unnatural positions. Also‚ they complained of a fever and severe pain. The girls were then examined by Dr. William

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    books‚ and sonnets do not just have one thing tied into them. They have multiple concepts. “The Crucible‚” by Arthur Miller‚ had mcCarthyism tied into the plot/theme of the play. Abigail and her fellow minions would blame citizens of Salem for witchcraft or seeing them with the devil. They could make anyone

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    T.S Eliot’s ‘Hysteria’ is a very short insight into a somehow disturbed man’s mind. The time frame of the poem is extremely short‚ which enforces the idea that a moment can last in one’s mind forever. The poem also establishes the role of powerful‚ rich upper class women in early 20th century. The text also displays an interesting perspective of panic‚ and how the narrator reacts whilst panicking. T.S Eliot describes the context of his poem ‘Hysteria’ quite abstractly‚ but it is reasonably easy

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