... to convey their meanings, and to point out humanity's flaws. In The Crucible, Miller uses his theme to reveal the adverse aspects of human nature. The Crucible is set in a theocratic society, in which the church and the state are one, and the religion is a strict, austere form of Protestantism known as Puritanism. Because of the theocratic nature of the society, moral laws and state laws are indistinguishable: sin and ... God and true religion. The witch trials are the ultimate expression of intolerance; the trials brand all social deviants with the taint of devil-worship and thus neces...

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