The Crucible Quote Analysis

Fear Can Change Everything Imagine a hometown or country being attacked and the citizens being fearful and wanting an answer for their suffering. How do these people make their decisions to accuse or torment people that may or may not be innocent? Fear and hysteria have a major effect on how human beings make their decisions. If humans are fearful for their well being, they will make false accusations against innocent people. After the Boston Bombings in 2013, people accused innocent Muslims of planting the bombs that killed three bystanders and injured many others. The victims that were accused were forced into hiding. Another incident where false accusations destroyed the lives of people occurred during the Salem Witch Trials. These …show more content…
These actions include believing with no believable evidence, discriminating against a certain religion, and the accusers not accusing for the good of the people, but for their own benefits. This quote in the crucible sums up these actions, “It is a marvel. It is surely a stroke of hell upon you”(Miller12). This quote shows that from the beginning, the people of Salem never viewed the situation in a logical overlook. This idea also connects directly to the accusations against Muslims because the people in Boston had no knowledge that people of the Muslim religions had planted the bombs, but they still went after many muslims that attended the marathon. Another comparison that connects to the Crucible many people that were accused of the bombings had to go into hiding (Gayomali). This could be compared to all of the accused witches to were forced into jail and how they were shunned by the town. Another similarity between the two events is how the accuser reacted to the situation. Both Abigail and the New York Post never apologized to the people they hurt and they acted like the false allegations never occurred