The first and the third sentences contain parallel structures. Parallel structure, or parallelism, is the repetition of the same grammatical structure or form within a sentence, so it becomes more balanced, and, therefore, more readable and clear to understand.
In the first sentence, the parallel structure has been used in the comparison: "... would make war <em>rather than let</em> the nation survive and accept war<em> rather than let</em> it perish..."
In the third sentence the same grammatical form has been used too: "<em>all dreaded it </em>(1) <em>all sought to</em> avert <em>it </em>(2)."
I would sat that the answer which best explains the consequences of the mass hysteria that took place during the Salem witch trials is that <u>innocent people were wrongfully accused of witchcraft and put on trial.</u>
Many women were accused of being witches just because they did something in a different manner from the other people.
? What do you mean by that
Mephistophilis describes hell, not as a place, but instead as a condition or one's state of being. A place where there is no God is considered as hell. To be deprived of eternal bliss is also hell. In essence, hell is the lack of the presence of God.