Thesis- Individuals violate acceptable behaivor more easily in a group because they can deny personal responsibility.  
	


	I.  Abigail's role in the crying out demonstrates mob psychology.  The other  girls go along with Abigale.  These characters (excluding Abigail) lose their identity to the group.  They will not break from the group out of fear of Abigail and fear of punishment.
	II.  The girls' actions during the trials of those accused of witchcraft show the psychology of a mob.   - Abigail's "bird"
	    - The ability to decide the truth of a speaker's truth by crying out.

	III.  A  mob is powerful because characters are unwilling or unable to stand against it.  Proctor and Corey attempt to stand against it and are killed.
	IV.  Hale attempts to stop the witchunt, but it is too late.  The idea has become too powerful to stop.
	V Historical examples of mob psychology:
                                                                          Nazi Germany
                                                                          Mcarthy Hearings
                                                                          Lynch mobs of the 19th century
                There are tragic results when people chose not to think for themselves.