Hysteria and the crucible
Hysteria and the crucibleHysteria. That word describes the frantic happenings in The Crucible by Arthur Miller. In the play unexplainable events happen and send a village into panic of hysteria do to the supernatural events. People talk about the happenings through out Salem Village, and one girl is behind the plot to get rid of her enemy; not to mention, she is the first building block in a wall that is being built on a mass extinction of people being hung in this full blow panic.
Abigail William's, Reverend Parris' niece, is the ring leader in this case of hysteria. First she knows that she and her friends will just get a spanking for being caught dancing in the woods, but she also knows that if she accuses people of being witches and being "forced" to dance, there will not be punishment, none whatsoever. Abigail ruins a marriage, causes people to be hung, and manages to loose all respect from people towards herself. She herself even said. " She sends her spirit on me in church, she makes me laugh at prayer (page 1057)!" to convict Tituba.
Parris:, In fright : How can it be the Devil? Why would he choose my house to strike? We have all the manner of licentious people in the village (1056)! As the girls "confess" to doing the Devils' work people are trying to figure out a good reason why the devil would choose a member of the Parris family, when the truth being that there really isn't a devil choosing anybody in the Parris family. It is on central person causing the...
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