... they had to confess it, regret it, a perform some act of penance. To avoid being hanged many people in The Crucible confessed to sins they did not commit. Fearing that she would be damned forever Rebecca Nurse refused to confess. Adultery was one of the worst ... sins someone could commit. The Puritans also thought that anything pleasant was the work of the Devil, therefore, they were a serious and fearful ... and Elizabeth Proctor, and they largely determine the co se of their tragedy (Bu*censored* 135). We recognize our own victory over evil from our Puritan past because of the strug...

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