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The Puritans had believed that the devil (Satan) was alive in their world. They also believed that anything that had gone wrong was all because of the devil. If you were seen to be a sinner, it was due to the devil taking over your body and causing you to do these bad deeds. During this time, witches had also been known to be similar to the devil. The only way for people to live was if they said that they were witches or if they had been taken over by the devil, but they would have to live the rest of their lives being known as a devil/witch.

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Joseph McCarthy was an American politician and attorney that served as a Republican. Joseph McCarthy was known for accusing people of being a communist. At the time, if you were read out to be a communist your life was basically seen as over. People were scared of communist's, because they had wanted to take over America. Communism had been a type of ideology that had been used in politics in order to be structured upon ideas of ownerships of things being done for the country, like social classes, money, and overall the movement of the whole state.

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Arthur Miller is an American playwright and essayist and writer of the play "The Crucible". Not only was The Crucible a very successful play, but it had as well won a Tony award for the best play. Arthur Miller was most famous for refusing to give any kind of evidence or information to rat any of his friends out. The play was given the title "The Crucible", which meant something like purification. During the Puritan time, people had accused each other a numerous amount of times and friends would even turn on each other. This had been seen through the theory that when the heat was turned on it had brought all the bad things out and as well as the turning upon different people.

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Looking at the witch trials, women had been seen to be possessed by the devil which in this case makes them known as a witch. When people had arguments and big fights and had gotten sick of the other person they would use witch trials as a way to get back at the other person. Also, women had fallen down like they were frozen and would complain about feeling as if they were getting pinched or bit. The only way to make sure that the woman was not a witch was stripping her naked and checking to see if she had a third nipple. The third nipple was used to feed baby demons. At the end, 200 people were put into jail because of being accused of being a witch and nineteen men and women had been hung due to being convicted of witchcraft.

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The Puritans were English Protestants during the 16th and 17th century that wanted to be able to purify the church and it's certain beliefs. The Puritans had wanted to get rid of all catholic influence there had been. Not only did the Puritans believe in God 100 percent, but they believed in God through any way possible. Overall, the Puritans had seen all people to be sinners and that basically everyone was going to hell. Not only did the Puritans want to spread the word, but they wanted to show everyone that the church was above the government and that the church should basically be in control.