Examples Of Hysteria In The Crucible

In the play “The Crucible” many events lead up to the main idea. These events reflect the Salem witch trials. The characters in this play also display hysteria and power to show how important their impact is on the plot and theme. The characters show motivation and many different behaviors, overall this play shows significance in the themes to portray a larger message and a better understanding of behavior and society between the characters.
Hysteria means showing exaggerated or uncontrollable emotions between people or your feelings. There is a lot of hysteria from many characters in this play, a few being Abigail, Betty, and Mary. Abigail has shown lots of hysteria through her feelings toward John Proctor, she would do anything for him

They also demonstrate many different behaviors in their circumstances. Abigail is very motivated to have a relationship with John Proctor, she would do anything to be with him even drink blood to kill his wife. Betty was motivated by acting sick the whole 2 scenes we’ve read, she was motivated to not get tried as a witch. Mary was forcefully motivated to confess that she saved Elizabeth's life in court because her name was brought up as one of the witches but Mary defended her. Though she could’ve thrown Elizabeth under the bus, she was motivated to do the right thing. If any of these characters had to be in someone else's shoes things would be very different, if you have to imagine Abigail in Mary's circumstance who knows what would be

Each character in this play has made an impact whether that's good or bad it always gives us a bigger message. Take Abigail as an example. She may not be a good person but she teaches us a message about how we give into desires instead of following God and being pure as the puritans believed. Betty is important because she was one of the first people to be accused once she was dancing in the woods, this portrays the assumptions that were made during the Salem witch trials. If you seemed to be doing something out of place, you would automatically be accused and tried in court. Mary seems to rely on people like Abigail, every decision she made she had to talk to someone about it to make sure everyone else agreed. This relates the most to the Salem witch trials in the 1690s because people were scared they were the next in line to be accused of witchcraft, they would agree with everyone as long as it wasn't their name getting brought up. Everyone seemed to agree on who was guilty because they were all afraid of who was