The Crucible

“Little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom.”

Explain of how the example (scene) could be “hysteria”

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John Proctor says that the "little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom" because it is the children (girls) who are doing the accusing and are in control of the town; they do and say just what they want with impunity: they are literally getting away with murder.