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Hysteria In The Crucible By Arthur Miller

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Hysteria is an exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion or excitement, especially among a group of people. In Arthur Miller's, The Crucible, hysteria plays an important role of tearing apart the community of Salem by creating an environment where people act on their grudges. As a result of these grudges the whole community is turning on each other and blaming people they have known for years on the one thing they believe is true. Members of the community deal with this hysteria in different ways, and some more harsh than others. In the play there were many moments of hysteria that played along, but all of it started because of the young girls caught dancing at night. Eventually it got to a point where this hysteria was played in trial and for
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