Hysteria

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about wildly and finds out what the cause is, he or she will do the same; until eventually the idea spreads to the entire population. Some problems that cause these are “overly strict regulations, lack of open communication between the authorities and the residents, as well as inadequate healthy recreational outlets”(Hayes 1). All these issues are things that if performed, can help prevent or calm an outbreak of mass .
In the Salem Witch Trials, the “existing difficulties” that led up to the witchcraft theory were ordinary stresses of seventeenth century life in Massachusetts. These include “a strong belief in the devil, factions among Salem Village fanatics and rivalry with nearby Salem Town, a recent small pox epidemic and the threat of attack by warring tribes”(D’Amario 1). All these issues led to rising fear and suspicion. “Soon prisons were filled with more that 150 men surrounding Salem; their names had been ‘cried ...

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