... this by epitomizing Russell's outlook on human nature. For example, in William Golding's The Lord of the Flies, a group of young boys stranded on an island begin making rash decisions, due to their fear of a "beast". Russell's idea of human nature can also be found in the "Twilight Zone" ... quot; and go with the crowd. In Lord of the Flies, the mob mentality develops partly because the boys lose their own values and principle, and begin to follow the louder and more persuasive values of Jack. In this case, Jack uses the fear of the "beast" to drive everyone towards ... the culprit...

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... Tituba's Barbados songs. Parris is shocked by their anti-Puritan actions and sinfulness. He reprimands Abigail, but the situation escalates once Betty's state is attributed to witchcraft. Reverend Hale, the walking encyclopedia on witchcraft, is called to quell the panic-stricken Salemites of their suspicion of witchcraft, but he cannot determine absolutely whether or not there has been some witchery. Busy ... God. How may this woman, who severed as the mother of Salem, commit such heinous crimes against the very basis of her being? These are the types of questions Salemites begin to as...

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... not. Only this consider: the world goes mad, and it profit nothing you should lay the cause to the vengeance of a little girl.". Here you can start to see Hale begin to sway in his beliefs but is still caught up in confusion. Later in the play Proctor is sentenced to hang for witchcraft and Hale know knows that Proctor is ... life than ruin his name for something that isn't true. This would have to be the hardest bravest decision in a person's life. To face this in the eye and continue walking toward it takes amazing courage. But is something he feels he must do, and is now at peace wit...

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