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Mass Hysteria

2023-09-05 01:03:40

"Yuzu" is a script based on the Salem Witch trial of 1860. "Yuzu" mainly consists of large scale hysteria. The hysteria of the story involves two girls dancing in the forest. In the 18th century, magic was said to have been done in the forest. But girls never accept whether they are wizards or not. Suddenly, there was huge hysteria. Everyone in the village of Puritan is afraid of this. Innocent people were condemned by magic and convicted. They signed the petition to release innocent citizens, but for this they are now suspected and were thrown into prison.

Group hysteria. The behavior of a girl in court when accusing the masses of magic represents a large hysterical psychological phenomenon. For example, when Abigail and another girl began repeating themselves pretending to feel the cold wind in the air what Mary Warren said, they could see a huge hysteria. Corresponding quote: "Mary Warren: I do not know how to do, I did, I heard that other girls are crying, you, your honor, you seem to believe them Sir, then the whole world is crying, spirit and me - I will guarantee you, Mr. Danfoss, I just thought I saw them, I did not do it "- Scene 3

Massive hysteria is also known as epidemic hysteria, extensive mental illness and massive social illness. According to a 1997 study by Johns Hopkins University Sanitary Public Health Faculty, a large scale hysteria is a symptom suggestive of organic disease, but it does occur for two or more related symptoms without a clear reason. Those symptoms are "considered as social phenomena involving healthy people".

Large scale hysteria is a disease that affects a group of people characterized by unreasonable behaviors and beliefs or diseases caused by unexplained causes. For example, the 1518 dance plague, Brunei's huge hysteria, and Salem's witch's trials were extensive hysterical outbreaks. Each of these historical cases has a group of people affected by the same symptoms, irrational behavior, or cause of unknown disease. The plague of 1518 was crazy dance in Strasbourg, Alsace in July 1518.