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The Puritans were a group of English dissenters who came to America on the Mayflower. They were religious pilgrims who wanted to purify the Church of England. Their beliefs were based on the idea of predestination, which held that God had chosen some people to be saved and others to be damned. They believed that the only way to avoid hell was to seek God. The Puritans believed that the only way to avoid hell was to seek God, and they believed that the only way to do that was to follow the teachings of the Bible. They believed that the Bible was the only source of truth, and they rejected the authority of the Church of England. They also rejected the authority of the king and the nobility.

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If God and Christ are real, then Satan must also be real. And if Satan is real, then he is actively working in the world to cause natural disasters, diseases, and bad fortune. Teenagers in Salem were bored because they didn't have TV, CDs, or books. They turned to witchcraft as a way to relieve their boredom. In addition, there was an old feud going on in Salem, and people were always fighting with each other. This caused people to accuse each other of witchcraft. Finally, some people who had practiced witchcraft in other countries came to Salem and admitted to practicing witchcraft there.

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The City upon a Hill was a utopian society where God was omnipresent. The Puritans believed that God was everywhere, and that He was in control of everything that happened. The Bible was the foundation of their society, and they believed that every aspect of their lives should be in accordance with it. Education was a means to teach the word of God, and schools such as Harvard and Puritan still have Bible studies. God's presence can be found throughout this utopia, and the Puritans believed that He was the source of all good things.

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Arthur Miller formerly married to Marilyn Monroe was a playwright who wrote "The Crucible" in 1953. He refused to admit he was a communist, and his play is a powerful allegory about the dangers of communism. Miller believed that communism would destroy the American way of life, and he drew parallels between the Salem witch trials and the communist witch hunt of his day. Miller went to the archives and researched the Salem witch trials, which he believed were very similar to the communist witch hunt of his day.

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A crucible is a pot, usually made of clay, that is heated to a high temperature. When molten metal is added to the crucible, it bubbles and the impurities rise to the surface. Someone then scoops off the impurities, leaving only the pure metal. This process can be seen as a metaphor for the witch trials, where people were on trial for being a witch and the people trying to get only the pure people to survive. In the witch trials, the accused were often tortured to get them to confess. If they confessed, they were spared, but if they didn't confess, they were burned at the stake. The witch trials were a dark chapter in our history, and the crucible metaphor reminds us of the dangers of intolerance and persecution.