a. Because “the town or village had a duty to insure that families behaved” (Elkin), citizens of Puritan societies often times spent more hours, perhaps days, in the lives of others, while probably never realizing they were neglecting their own.

b. Un-confessed sins usually have an effect on a person of much guilt weighing on their shoulders, almost a feeling of entrapment, which is why many people do in fact confess their sins, in hopes of feeling that the “truth really does set you free” (‘I’ 1).

a. In a Puritan society, every crime had its repercussion, and to insure that the crime wouldn’t happen again, the punishments were “quite harsh” (Elkin), and in many cases, were intolerable to many because the crimes were considered “’victimless crimes’” (Elkin).

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