Mob Hysteria In The Crucible

Did you know that mob hysteria is the heightened and extreme emotions that can be experienced by people in a large crowd? An example of mob hysteria is from a book called, The Crucible, which says that a large group of villagers are on their toes trying to find this “witchcraftery” user. The Salem Witch Trial began during the spring of 1962, after an incident caused by a group of young girls. The McCarthy Era all started when there was a lot of communists supporters in the U.S. Another reference from the book, The Crucible, had a saying where the word “witchcraft” was created by girls and their jealousy and hatred to other people within their villages. Influence by the non-fictional events of The Salem Witch Trials and the accusations during the McCarthy Era, Miller wrote The Crucible, which portrays how Mob hysteria can lead to faulty accusations, corruptions, and discriminations. Mob hysteria was created after many faulty accusations of witchcraft were made by the people in Salem, which then led to the death of many innocent people. In the book, the group of girls used this technique, “pretense”, to get their way in every …show more content…
This was all a fake, but real tragic event that had happened because of a few irresponsible children accusing their enemies for witchcraft. The Salem Court inside of the Salem Village was nothing but a small court where few villagers would vote if they were guilty or not based on what the offender and defender presented with or even without evidence. Even though a few Americans disliked the idea of Communism, there are still many that still believe it was wrong to judge others on how they created their beliefs and opinions on certain topics like politics. A small error such as this can led to a much greater of an error if not fixed within a short period of