... way. Close watch needed to be kept to stay away from his deadly traps and sinful addictions. Words of brimstone and fire circulated out of the mouths of the ministers as they gave warning of the devils lures. The Salem witch trials in the Crucible was held up ... by the religious backbone of the Puritans.'' The Salem tragedydeveloped from a paradox.Simply, it was this: for good purposes, even high purposes, the people ... and religious power whose function was to keep the community together, and to prevent any kind of disunity that might open it to destruction by material or ideological ...

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