Examples Of Hysteria In The Crucible

In a small village close to 300 years ago one girl would change the town forever. When a couple of girls were supposedly found doing witchcraft in the woods. In the book The Crucible by Arthur Miller, he powerfully portrays what life was like in 1692 during the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts. When hysteria takes over a small hamlet, it can cause madness for as long as people believe that witchcraft is taking over the settlement. Hysteria is the poor decisions people make when fear has overcome them. In May of 1693 more than 200 innocent lives were accused of witchcraft. Hysteria isn’t just a thing of the past it also happens a lot currently in the world. During historic tragedies, people sometimes become hysterical causing them to have

Which was an Al Qaeda attack on the Twin Towers in NYC, and the Pentagon in Washington DC. Ever since the attack on the Twin Towers, the U.S has decided to be prejudice towards immigrants of the Muslim heritage. In the article “Hope and Despair: Being Muslim in America After 9/11” which states, “Muslim Ban: Soon to be Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump proposes banning all Muslim for entering the U.S” (n. pag.). This part of the article talks about how President Trump feels about the 9/11 attacks. As you can see hysteria has obviously taken over Trump which he decided to ban Muslims even though not all Muslims are bad people or all from Al Qaeda. Also what happened around the world after 9/11 was the increase of security. In the CNN article, “Airlines face post 9/11 racial profiling, discrimination suits,” it talks about the increase in the security area of airports. The CNN article says, “As early as September 21, 2001. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta sent a memorandum to all airlines cautioning them not to discriminate against passengers based on race, religion, national or ethnic origin” (n. pag.). The CNN article talks about how the security should increase and not judge people based on their religion, ethnicity or race. Which was involved with hysteria? It was related to hysteria because since people got scared, the government thought it would be a good idea to increase security so then Americans would feel more comfortable with the fact that the security is more secure now. After a while after the attack in 2011, there was a meeting about Muslim Americans with all of the governors of each state in America. The CNN news article talks about how Muslims are being recruited into Al Qaeda. The article even says, “He acknowledged that some Muslims are responsible for violent acts, but said blaming the entire Muslim