cried wolf. In this case it was witchcraft. She plead the devil consumed her soul along with the other girls. When put into a position of not wanting to get in trouble people will do un rational things. Another incident was the Mccarthy trials. Innocent people accused of communism. This was almost the same to salem witch trials. When people are vulnerable and put at a height of power people will resort to irrational ideals. Like criticizing other of witchcraft or communism. After these incidents
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questions are evidence of the hysteria that swept through Salem‚ Massachusetts during the winter of 1692 and again during the peak of the anti-communist revolution in the 1950’s. In The Crucible‚ innocent people were in danger of being accused of witchcraft and during the reign of McCarthyism innocent people were being accused of communism. “We too have been known to prefer plot over truth; to dent the evidence before us in favor of the ideas behind us; to do insane things in the name of reason; to
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Danforth‚ although seemingly intelligent and an experienced judge‚ suffers from pride. It is that pride that leads to many of his mistaken and irrational judgments in The Crucible. He is kind-of logical in his reasoning for accusing so many witchcraft activities. He states‚ "Witchcraft is an invisible crime...who may possibly be witness to it? the witch and the victim...now we cannot hope the witch will accuse herself...therefore‚ we must rely on her victims” (Miller)
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Although all of Theodorus’ work has been lost‚ Plato put Theodorus into his dialogue Theaetetus‚ which tells the reader of his achievements. It is assumed that Theodorus had proved that all of the square roots of non-square integers from 3 to 17 are irrational by means of the Spiral of Theodorus.[2] Plato quoted Theaetetus speaking to Socrates: It was about the nature of roots. Theodorus was describing them to us and showing that the third root and the fifth root‚ represented by the sides of squares
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trace its origins. The widespread witch craze in Europe is not a simplistic reaction as it is portrayed in the media but rather a build up of frustration at the political‚ social‚ and religious institutions throughout the continent. The idea of witchcraft in Europe‚ through a myriad of wars that fractioned society based upon belief‚ alongside support from the Catholic Church and misogynistic views surrounding the female body‚ caused a demon ideology to turn into a rampant and crazed fanaticism with
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followed their Bible and went to Church. They also had harsh punishments for treason as well as other forms of crime. The Puritans were people with a strong belief system that led to irrational fears and a confined lifestyle. The Salem Witch Trials were a time of horror when neighbors accused each other of witchcraft‚ which led to most Puritans being hanged or put in a dungeon. According to the movie‚ The Crucible; Reverend
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Crucible‚ Mary Warren was taken in front of the court to confess the lies and suspicion that the young girls were spreading throughout the town. While trying to confess‚ Mary was pressured into irrational fear of being convicted of being a witch‚ because of this Mary turned against Mr.Proctor‚ accusing him of witchcraft. Without thinking Mary let her fear control her actions‚ which resulted in the arrest of John Proctor. People would rather make decisions based on avoiding fear then facing them‚ finding
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state of disharmony‚ opposition and or fighting. The conflict portrayed in the Crucible is often described as tools used to describe events in Millers time period. For example‚ witchcraft doesn’t exist in Salem yet that is the basis of the storyline of the play and many people die as a result of accusations over witchcraft. During the time Miller wrote this book‚ the cold war was happening and many people in America were accused of communism (including Miller himself)‚ when they were accused they
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be in pain the other girls were affected too(114-116in the story found on your website). If that is not strange enough when Tituba and Abigail cried out who they “saw with the Devil”. The others followed her lead in hopes of safety and out of the irrational fear of their punishment(pages 46-48 in the story found on your website)‚ I suggest if Abigail had never done this in the first place none of the other girls would have attempted the same thing and many lives woulda been saved. Admittedly some
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mass’ hyste’ria Psychol. a condition affecting a group of persons‚ characterized by excitement or anxiety‚ irrational behavior or beliefs‚ or inexplicable symptoms of illness. In 1692‚ Salem Village (now Danvers‚ Massachusetts) was the scene of a moral panic that spread throughout the region and involved witchcraft accusations which led to trials‚ torture‚ imprisonment‚ and executions. Mass hysteria is characterized by the rapid spread of conversion disorder‚ a condition involving the appearance
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