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The Puritans were a group of religion reformers who wanted the church to control the government and they were ambitious for making a religious state. They believed that everyone is born as a sinner, and that God elects a person to go to heaven or to go to hell before they were even born, and that Christ died only for the elected people. The witch hysteria that grew in Salem derived from the Calvinistic belief that Satan acted on the Earth, and that anything that happened negatively was because of him. The City Upon A Hill Theory stated that the Massachusetts Bay Colony would be a utopia in which God could be found in scripture and strong work ethic, and it was set as an example for other Christians around the world. Lastly, a crucible is a pot that can be heated up to intense temperatures to melt the metals, so the impurities rise up to the surface, and they would throw them away leaving only the pure liquid, so that symbolized the heat of hysteria that takes over Salem during the witch trials.