1. Puritanism in The Crucible
The Salem witch trials basically disintegrated the society and culture of the Massachusetts colony of 1693. ... 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 of Salem developed a theocracy, a combine of state 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 enemies. ... But all organization is and must be g...
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