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The Cruicible
Title: The Cruicible
Category: Literature / Novels
Details: Words: 448 | Pages: 1.9 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Cruicible
Two hundred years ago, the church was the center of life in many New England towns. The church provided not only religions guidance but, was a place for social gathering and a chance for neighbors to keep in touch. This is shown in depth in Boston, by Nathaniel Hawthorne’s, The Scarlet Letter and in Salem, by Arthur Miller’s, The Crucible. Both towns are perfect models of the churches’ affect on their communities.
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…showed last 75 words of 448 total…apparent. Hester, the adulteress, and Abigail, the adulteress “witch”, were both persecuted for their actions.
In conclusion, it is very clear that the common theocratic theme of societal values based on puritanical religious beliefs controlled the day-to-day lives of the communities in The Scarlet Letter and The Crucible. The effect that religious conformity had on the lives of the community and persecution for nonconformity can not be overlooked in these works of Hawthorne or Miller.
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