In the Crucible residents inflicted with hysteria inflict dreadful atrocities against themselves and their community. (Religion, Mental Conflict and the Inability To Adapt)

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…into a roaring blaze. Finally the repressed mental conflict of the residents causes a fire to build of epic proportions that starts to infect everyone. Once the suspicion of witchcraft is placed in the middle of this fire, it explodes and destroys the principals important to the Puritans and their community. Once the fire dies down, all that is left are 19 dead and one noose that hung a community and the principals it stood for.