... this court or he must be counted against it, there be no road between."(Act 3) Here Danforth demonstrates the emotion that puritans felt toward insubordination and defiance of Puritan lifestyle. Reverend Parris, one of characters who seek power within all the hysteria that has swept the town, is a prime example of a Puritan. Parris takes this time, now that every one is concerned ... experience allows the townspeople to see how it is to really be human and that committing sins is a forgivable part of human life. For example Hester and Dimmesdale prove to the townspeople that they don't ...

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