In the context of this passage, how does fear drive action? Does fear prevent groups of people from acting rationally? What else besides fear may have contributed to the Salem
Witch Trials? Cite evidence from this text, your own experience, and other literature, art, or
history in your answer.

fear drives action because people don't think when they're scared, people do not act rationally when they're scared because they are panicking, this is why the salem witch trials happened, people didn't stop to question things before they started burning people at the stake. superstition may have also contributed to the salem witch trials along with fear and paranoia.