In 1692 what caused the fear and hysteria of the salem witch trials, you ask? Well 3 little coocoo banana girls who wanted attention and power,they started 20 deaths and reveled in the revenge! The little girls, who were the main accusers, were ages 8-10 years and hated everyone because they didn’t get attention. They accused mainly 20-40 aged women who were either widows or not married.
Ebola Virus Epidemic connection with the Crucible Throughout the play of the Crucible, the women of Salem, Massachusetts, of all ages were being falsely accused of witchcraft, which was considered a sin by the Bible. These women would be hung or drowned by the other townspeople. Since the society that the women had lived in were Puritan who believed in an utopian society controlled by God, the townspeople saw the women as satan trying to control them. The use of false accusations had broken down the society to the core, uncovering adultery, greed and false protocols. For instance, two of the main characters had an affair with each other, which was an act of adultery.
Did you know that historians believe that the reason why the girls (accusers) had “fits” was because of bacteria in their rye bread that may have caused hallucinations? The Salem Witch Trials occurred from 1692 to 1693. During the trials, twenty people were executed: nineteen hanged and one pressed to death. The reasons for the deaths of these moral Puritans were the absence of life outside of church, fear, and strict interpretation of the Bible.
During the late 17th century a total of 200 people were accused of participating in witchcraft, while 19 people lost their lives to the mass hysteria. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, a group of girls start a huge uproar in Salem, Massachusetts when they start screeching about Salemites being associated with the Devil. Throughout the play write, it shows the consequences of mass hysteria and how it puts people's lives in danger. Abigail Williams causes a wave of mass hysteria and because of her trickery, innocent people have died by her and the other girl’s actions, for this Abigail is the most unforgivable character in The Crucible.
Mass hysteria has taken the country more than once by surprise. Throughout history people have been targeted for things that are no fault of their own. The Aids epidemic and The Salem Witch Trials have many things in common, such as, discrimination, and false accusations. The Salem Witch Trials began in 1692(Salem Witch Trials).It all started with young girls accusing
The Tanganyika Laughter Epidemic of 1962 was anything but a laughing matter. If people today think that the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 depicted in The Crucible were horrible, imagine what they would say if they knew about this event in history. Unlike the Witch Trials in colonial Massachusetts, the Laughter Epidemic that occurred centuries later was much more painful. This was mostly due to the fact that the main symptom, uncontrollable laughter, lasted anywhere from 6-18 months. The Tanganyika Laughter Epidemic of 1962 and the Salem Witch Trials, as seen in The Crucible, share similarities in that both started with a group of girls and continued for a little more than a year, however there were differences in the areas of death toll and the way people suffered.
The Salem Witch Trials accusing others of a feared crime showed definite evidence that mass hysteria was to blame. Salem was a religious settlement, following Puritan beliefs (Miller, 6). A large fear for everyone in Salem was the touch of the Devil (Miller, Arthur). According to Puritan beliefs, if a man or woman was touched by the Devil he would convince them to do witchcraft. Once word was mentioned the Devil had possibly touched Salem, the fear spread.
What caused the people of Salem to go into a hysteria and accuse each other of witchcraft in 1692? It could have been a number of factors could have caused the Salem Witch Trials Hysteria of 1692. A hysteria is when a group of people experience something with a heightened emotional state, often leading to fogged decision-making skills or inability to see logic. These factors would not have caused such an extreme situation on their own, but when together they created the worse case scenario for the people of Salem. These factors were local feuds, jealousy, religion-based anxiety, a case of hysteria, and upset over a fast economy change.
Imagine living in Puritan New England, near the end of the seventeenth century, specifically a small village by the name of Salem. While life in Salem is usually peaceful, in the year 1692, a series of events, summarize to be the Salem Witch Trials, would become famous for the death and destruction they caused. The playwright, Arthur Miller, investigates motive and blame connected these trials in his play The Crucible. Miller uses dialogue and plot to show that it was mainly hysteria caused by self-preservation that is to blame for the event in the play. One of the most prominent examples of this is the girls who accused others of witchcraft in the court, specifically Abigail.
Hysteria can be defined as the exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion or excitement, especially among a group of people. This definition proves true and exists throughout the course of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. In The Crucible, a group of girls go dancing in a forest around a cauldron, some even naked, and along with a black slave named Tituba. Reverend Parris, the local minister, then catches the girls in the act. As a result, Betty, one of the girls and Parris’s daughter, goes into what it seems like a coma.
Mental Illness in Salem Witch Trials Introduction Witchcraft is the practice of magic and the use of spells and the invocation of spirits. According to Salem Witch Trials, 2015, the Salem witch trials began during the spring of 1692, after a group of young girls in Salem, Massachusetts claimed to have been bewitched by several adults in the town. More than 150 people were accused and hung, including men, women, and children (Salem Witch Trials, 2015). There were three girls in particular that sparked the trials: Abigail Williams, Betty Parris, and Ann Putnam. Also stated in Salem Witch Trials, their behaviors changed drastically; they began to hallucinate, shout in church, have fits, not eat, not wake up, attempt to fly, and feel as if they
Studies that were tested later said the reason why was because of something they ate. The people of the town were worried about these people because of rumors that were about these people. As the author says in the article, “One night, while trying to see the faces of their future husbands in an egg white dropped in a glass of water, one girl believed she saw the shape of a coffin” (Zeglin). Because the people thought they were seeing into the future, they had to be witches. They got accused and the girls said yes to being witches, but the said they wouldn’t do it again.
Hedda’s ‘hysteria’ is because of the fact she is unsuited to the female roles of society. Her decision of marriage and her unwanted pregnancy has aided a lot in her mental hysteric situation. In A Doll’s House, the protagonist of the play Nora Helmer’s hysteria has released in the Tarantella dance. Similarly, playing of piano by Hedda helps in the release of her hysteria. Being a daughter of General and having military background, hedda is following strict codes of conducts and narrow traditions in her family, because of it, not only aristocratic manners but ethical nullity of that bourgeois class gets prevail in her attitude.
Fear that spread among a group of people in Salem during the Salem Witch Trials, that event in history is a prime example of Mass Hysteria. In Salem the reason why so many women were killed was because of Mass Hysteria. It caused many people, in Salem during this event to think fast, rash and jump to conclusions. “The Crucible”, a short play dedicated to these events in Salem shows us how hysteria was such a leading cause of why the Witch Trials had even occurred. Reverend Hale, Abigail Williams and Judge Danforth.
How two little girls (Abigail and Betty) where the first to suffer from fits of hysterical outbreaks and how many accusers came forward and described how they or their animals had been bewitched. It mentions the court cases and how there were more woman than men accused of practicing witch craft. It also states how historians believe the girls were faking their fits from the start. Also mentions how religious Salem was at the time which influenced the trials. •
