psychological effects of Abigale THE CRUCIBLE
Individual psychological states are the combination of internal and exterior circumstances. In the town of Salem, a small Puritan Massachuteses town, there were The Salem Witch Trials. A group of young girls cried "witch" to get those who were innocent condemned by the town. No one actually saw the spirit of Satan, but the girls who cried witch started to gain influence and they actually threw the whole town into mass hysteria. Eventually, the girls had an emotional and psychological stronghold on every single resident. After a short period of time, not only did the girls started to believe the evil spirits were present, but the townsfolk too. Psychologically, the girls of Salem were one up on everyone else. In the end it caused the hangings of many innocent people because of the one thing that they couldn't get enough of-power. Abigail Williams, a conniving young girl, was the reason why all of this commotion started. She was the cornerstone of the witch trials; she could have prevented or terminated the trial with a few simple sentences-the truth. Abigail was the catalyst to all of this mass hysteria, so it can be assumed that she had most
During the trials, when she thought someone that was accused might have a chance of being found innocent, she would flail her arms and scream at the top of her lungs that she saw a spirit. As soon as she began to act hysterically, the rest of the girls would follow her lead and start acting madly. Being accused a witch amongst Puritans was a harsh accusation with spectral evidence for the judge to try and examine, most of the trials were based on the word of the girls against the word of the defendant. If all of the young girls in the town cried, "witch" pointing at some poor person, it was many against one. In most cases, the many will prevail. The girls knew that they considerable amounts of power over the minds all every single person in Salem. The girls probably did not intend for anyone to die, but the thirst for power went to their heads. They were corrupted and that was their tragic flaw. Anyone who can hold an iron fist over people will get corrupted. For example, in the beginning of the movie, the girls probably never intended to hurt anyone; as the movie progressed to the hanging scene, they were all delighted to see people hang bec
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