Puritan Life In The Crucible

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Puritan life according to Arthur Miller in The Crucible was a very strict community. The Church controls them and everyone’s life is surrounded by the religious aspects of it. Everyone is expected to follow the church’s teachings exactly or one would be punished for being a “heathen”. C. The Puritan community in The Crucible was vulnerable in many ways and susceptible to irrational and panicky accusations of the Salem Witch Hunts because of their strict and constricting ways. The children in the community are treated very poorly and less than everyone else in the town. As the Salem Witch Hunts were essentially started by the children the fact that they were treated as lesser beings contributed to the communities demise. “He (Reverend…show more content…
The Puritan community in The Crucible was vulnerable in many ways and susceptible to irrational and panicky accusations of the Salem Witch Hunts because of their strict and constricting ways. The children in the community are treated very poorly and less than everyone else in the town. As the Salem Witch Hunts were essentially started by the children the fact that they were treated as lesser beings contributed to the communities demise. “He (Reverend Parris) regarded them as young adults, an until this strange crisis he, like the rest of Salem, never conceived that the children were anything but thankful for being permitted to walk straight, eyes slightly lowered, arms at their sides, and mouths shut until bidden to speak,” (Miller 3). Miller foreshadows the Witch Hunts to come. He uses Reverend Parris as an example of the whole town’s feelings and actions towards children as he is the one the community looks up too. They see him act this way so they act this way too because he is a part of the Church and if they go against him, then go against their religion. This thinking is something that most of the community shares, “There is a narrow window at the left,” (Miller 3). Describing a bedroom in the home of the Reverend is another way that Miller foreshadows the things to come. He uses the word “narrow” to explain to the reader that the overall understanding and thinking of the people in Salem is close-minded. They are not reasonable to new beginnings (the use…show more content…
The Puritan community in The Crucible was vulnerable in many ways and susceptible to irrational and panicky accusations of the Salem Witch Hunts because of their strict and constricting ways. The children in the community are treated very poorly and less than everyone else in the town. As the Salem Witch Hunts were essentially started by the children the fact that they were treated as lesser beings contributed to the communities demise. “He (Reverend Parris) regarded them as young adults, an until this strange crisis he, like the rest of Salem, never conceived that the children were anything but thankful for being permitted to walk straight, eyes slightly lowered, arms at their sides, and mouths shut until bidden to speak,” (Miller 3). Miller foreshadows the Witch Hunts to come. He uses Reverend Parris as an example of the whole town’s feelings and actions towards children as he is the one the community looks up too. They see him act this way so they act this way too because he is a part of the Church and if they go against him, then go against their religion. This thinking is something that most of the community shares, “There is a narrow window at the left,” (Miller 3). Describing a bedroom in the home of the Reverend is another way that Miller foreshadows the things to come. He uses the word “narrow” to explain to the reader that the overall understanding and thinking of the people in Salem is close-minded. They are not reasonable to new beginnings (the use

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