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Puritans In The Crucible

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In the play by Arthur Miller, The Crucible, the setting is Salem, Massachusetts in the 1600s. In act one of the play, the life of Puritans is first introduced to readers. During this period and in the location, talk of witchcraft, which was heavily forbidden, started to rise. As the story of the society affected the Salem villagers, and through this, the conditions and values of the Puritans were highlighted. The first lines of the play show that similar to today; society had a heavy impact on daily Puritan life. Everyone wanted to maintain a good reputation. This is seen Samuel Parris warns Abigail about what will happen to them if she does not tell the truth about what she was doing in the forest. Specifically, he asks her if her, “name
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