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How can fear, suspicion, unfounded accusations, and greed morph into mass hysteria and tragedy?

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The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, is a clear example of how fear and suspicion provoke mass hysteria, and how society resorts to violence as a primary solution. In the play, The town of Salem is manipulated by young girls into thinking the devil is loose, and that there are witches in Salem. The townspeople begin to point fingers at one another, and people are executed because of these false accusations. The legal system, despite being old fashioned, held trials that felt heavily influenced by the girls. Often the accused would be found guilty, and they'd be executed. Despite the advancements in our legal systems, it's still prominent in society that violence is most commonly the primary solution to our problems. This is seen today not only in our legal system, but also in the media. Movies, television shows, Music, and the news are just a few examples where violence is promoted and frequently mentioned. Mass hysteria can be seen throughout history, where it often ends in tragedy and tremendous loss. There are countless cases in media, and history, where violence is used as a quick and easy solution to a problem that could have been solved in countless other ways.

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1) The shooting of Philando Castile (2016)

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1) The shooting of Philando Castile (2016)

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Police brutality is an issue in society that is driven and provoked by fear and hysteria. I believe the violence against the black community stems from fear, and stereotypes respectively. Every year there are many cases, where a police officer shoots an unarmed African-American, who shouldn't have been taken as a threat. This example, where during a traffic stop a cop shoots an African-American man dead, is a perfect example of how fear provokes these actions. Philando Castile, driving with his wife and his 4 year old daughter, was asked to show the officer his license and registration. As he reached for the glove compartment the cop shot him. This was all live streamed on his wife's Facebook page, as she thought the cop was acting weird. The officer was new on the job, and he must have thought Philando was reaching for a weapon. In the Crucible, the judges often sentenced townspeople to hanging, pressing, or other horrible deaths. These false accusations came from the fear that had been bestowed upon each person in the town by the group of girls, the idea that witches were loose in salem. In 1693 ( the time of the real Salem witch trials) , Violence was often a first resort. Today, this is seen in our law enforcement, where officers who shouldn't be allowed to carry weapons are using them to support their racist views. Something that was seen in 1693 should not be occuring in the late 2010's.

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Philando Castile shooting: Dashcam video shows rapid event | CNN

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What’s most shocking is how fast it happened. It took just 40 seconds for an ordinary traffic stop to turn deadly -- from a police officer saying, “Hello, sir,” to him firing seven shots at Philando Castile.

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The Jonestown massacre was an act of mass hysteria at its core. Jim Jones, leader of the "People's temple" cult, had used psychological manipulation to convince nearly 1,000 people to commit mass suicide. Jim Jones was a self proclaimed "messiah", and had lead his cult into a secluded jungle area, where he claimed they would grow endless agriculture, and where they would thrive together. When someone threatened to exploit his lies, he drove his community to suicide. Jim Jones tricked his cult into an act of hysteria, and convinced them if they took part in the mass suicide, they would be granted terrestrial life. Like Abigail and the other girls, he had produced this mass hysteria. Just like how in Salem, the girls created a tragedy out of lies, Jim Jones had caused a tragic mass suicide out of lies and misconceptions. He had been afraid, however, that his lies were to be exploited. In turn, he decided to force the group to commit suicide so his lies wouldn't reach the world's ears. Jim, along with his cult members, died later from the poisoned Kool-aid. Some survived, and were able to tell the tale. Jim, before anything else, decided that violence was the only solution to keeping his secrets to himself and his cult, similarly to how the judges believed that death was the only solution to dealing with someone who was accused of being a witch.

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3) American Horror Story Season 6 (2016)

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3) American Horror Story Season 6 (2016)

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American Horror story is a fictional anthology series where each season is a new story, with the same actors but an entirely new set of characters. The show often portrays real, historical events in a fictional and exaggerated way. Examples of this include "Freak Shows", Witches, Insane Asylums, and more. Season six, titled "Roanoke", shows a story of a group of people staying in a cabin with a film crew, in order to capture a tribe's ghosts on camera. The show adds many horror elements to make the show more captivating, however there is often many truths to the seasons. In one episode, where the group of people are staying in the cabin, unaware of the imposing threat outdoors, the people are separated into smaller groups. Shelby Miller, the main character of the first act, is separated from her husband Matt. She is searching the cabin for him, and finds him cheating on her with one of the Tribe's spirits. She immediately resorts to beating him, and ends up killing him in doing so. She'd had no suspicions of this prior to it happening, so it had come as a complete surprise to her. This is a great example of how shocking and unexpected events can cause someone to resort to violence, instead of using reasoning methods to maturely solve the problem. In the Crucible, this is often seen, as the judges endure a few cases of the group of girls pretending to see the devil. The shaken up judges immediately blame whoever the girls point their fingers at, and the persecuted townsfolk are executed. Violence is never a good solution to a problem, and it should never be used as a first resort.