How does this quote from The Crucible relate to the human experience of 'hysteria,' as well as feelings of fear and supersition? (1 Viewer)

[nuvardex]

"I heard the other girls screaming, and you, your honour, you seemed to believe them… the whole world cried spirits, spirits, and I promise… I only thought I saw them but I did not." - Marry Warren.

 

[akhan324]

Talk about mary warren’s nervous tone, the syntax and the imagery of the whole world crying spirits. This showcases how hysterical/fearful mary warren is and she is representing the majority of salem at the time as a commoner herself linking to human experience of hysteria. As for superstition u can explain how during the 1600s puritanism, the superstition was that anything bad that happened was because of spirits and this quote clearly shows that