The Puritan Myth
The witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts in the early sixteen hundreds was a time of uneasiness and suspicion. Anyone could easily turn in his or her neighbor on the ground of witchcraft. Someone could merely say their neighbor's spirit had attacked them during the night, which no person can prove. Nevertheless, as a God-fearing community, the people of Salem could not think of denying the evidence, because to deny the existence of Evil is to deny the existence of Goodness, which is in this case would be God. The people of Salem, and the other surrounding towns were called Puritans. To be Puritan meant to live a life to God, praising him, praying to him and never doing him wrong in any such way. To turn away from God, as a Puritan would mean that
The Crucible, a play written by Arthur Miller, the town of Salem, Massachusetts goes into total chaos because of a case of alleged witchcraft. Now the people of Salem were Puritans, and anything not in the bible or the Ten Commandments was considered treason against God. To go against God as a Puritan was the ultimate sin, which could result in imprisonment or even execution. Now in the Ten Commandments it states, "Thou shall not kill"; so killing someone would be a sin. During the witch trials in Salem, many people were burnt, and hung because another person may have something against the person being executed. Basically people were being killed with unjust causes, this is violating the commandment that was stated above, hence the Puritans would be hypocrites and they
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