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In The Crucible How had Puritans failed to learn from the persecution of their ancestors?
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The Puritans in The Crucible were responsible for accusing, trying, and persecuting one another for witchcraft, and eventually torturing and killing several of the "guilty" individuals. They gave in to fear and uncertainty, rather than trying to understand their situation and respond to it appropriately. The irony in this is that the Puritans, when they originated in England, were persecuted by the established English church because they were different, and because they sought a religious purity "greater" than that of the English Catholics. For these reasons, they were seen as a threat to the established church in England and were also disliked because they seemed "superior" to the rest of the Christian population of England. Rather than remember how it felt to have been persecuted, attacked, and driven out of England in great numbers, the Puritans in the Crucible forgot how important it is to show mercy and understanding when they ruthlessly abused their fellows simply because of wild accusations.
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Why is the crucible a good title for the book 'The Crucible'?
1) because a crucible means a test of patience and belief, and the citizens of Salem had to endure a harsh test of their belief, many of which failed it.2) A crucible is a miniature cauldron used for heating chemicals to extremely high temperatures. You would not want to be in a crucible. Anyways, a crucible comes with a crucible lid. The lid fits loosely to allow gases to escape.Salem turns into a crucible. It becomes a terrible place where people are trying to burn eachother. Those who keep their faith and are hanged "escape" the crucible. And now you visualize steam escaping said crucible.3) I'm doing this play at school and i think its because a crucible is a container which metals are heated in to extract the pure element from impurities or doss. In the play, John Proctor is tested in a life threatening ordeal and his death at the end rather than betrayal of his conscience shows that he too has come through the fire, from the affair he had with abi, to be purified. Hope this helps : )4) Perhaps there are at least four ways the term "crucible" might apply well as a title for the play: First, Salem was a "crucible" where the heat or "fire" of suffering and trials tested souls "like gold in the fire" as the bible says (Salem residents would have been very familiar with the passage). Second, the McCarthy Era and hearings of The House Committee on Un-American Activities were a similar kind of crucible that "tested" people's resolve and convictions. Third, America is called a "melting pot" where (supposedly) people of diverse races, values and beliefs come together like a stronger metal alloy because of their unity--and yet McCarthyism violated this third sense of a crucible or melting pot by hunting down suspected socialists and communists, and black-listing them, ruining lives and careers. Fourth, the play itself is a crucible that clarifies our understanding of what happened at Salem (and by association, what happened during the McCarthy Era), giving us a chance to be made of better "metal" if we can avoid those mistakes in our own times..
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What have the Puritans failed to learn from the persecution of their ancestors?
The Puritans have failed to learn that religious tolerance and acceptance of diverse beliefs are crucial for a harmonious society. By persecuting others in the past, they perpetuated cycles of intolerance and division rather than fostering understanding and cooperation among different groups.
Why have the Puritans failed to convert the Indians?
The Puritans failed to convert the Native Americans due to cultural differences, lack of mutual understanding, and conflicting beliefs. The Native Americans already had their own spiritual beliefs and traditions which made it challenging for the Puritans to convert them to Christianity. Additionally, the Puritans often used coercive and aggressive tactics which further alienated the Native Americans.
Were the puritans successful in creating the city upon a hill?
religiously
List some of the reasons why Puritans failed to convert the Indians?
because they wanted their "perfect society" to stay just them, they did not think the Indians were good for anything
Why did the Puritans leave England for America?
The Puritans separated from then Church of England because they (the puritans) did not agree with some of the ways the Church was running, therefore, deciding to separate from the Church of England.
Why did the christians leave and make new enland?
A relatively small group of Christians, called Puritans, had differing religious opinions and conflicts with the State religion of Great Britain. They traveled to the Netherlands to escape persecution in England. This failed to work out so upon returning to England they applied for permission to settle a colony in the New World. They were approved to do so. They settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in New England. In the early 1600's Their ship was the famous Mayflower.
Why is the crucible a good title for the book 'The Crucible'?
1) because a crucible means a test of patience and belief, and the citizens of Salem had to endure a harsh test of their belief, many of which failed it.2) A crucible is a miniature cauldron used for heating chemicals to extremely high temperatures. You would not want to be in a crucible. Anyways, a crucible comes with a crucible lid. The lid fits loosely to allow gases to escape.Salem turns into a crucible. It becomes a terrible place where people are trying to burn eachother. Those who keep their faith and are hanged "escape" the crucible. And now you visualize steam escaping said crucible.3) I'm doing this play at school and i think its because a crucible is a container which metals are heated in to extract the pure element from impurities or doss. In the play, John Proctor is tested in a life threatening ordeal and his death at the end rather than betrayal of his conscience shows that he too has come through the fire, from the affair he had with abi, to be purified. Hope this helps : )4) Perhaps there are at least four ways the term "crucible" might apply well as a title for the play: First, Salem was a "crucible" where the heat or "fire" of suffering and trials tested souls "like gold in the fire" as the bible says (Salem residents would have been very familiar with the passage). Second, the McCarthy Era and hearings of The House Committee on Un-American Activities were a similar kind of crucible that "tested" people's resolve and convictions. Third, America is called a "melting pot" where (supposedly) people of diverse races, values and beliefs come together like a stronger metal alloy because of their unity--and yet McCarthyism violated this third sense of a crucible or melting pot by hunting down suspected socialists and communists, and black-listing them, ruining lives and careers. Fourth, the play itself is a crucible that clarifies our understanding of what happened at Salem (and by association, what happened during the McCarthy Era), giving us a chance to be made of better "metal" if we can avoid those mistakes in our own times..
What beliefs did the puritans not have?
The Puritans were some of the settlers in the new Massachusetts Bay colony, often called the Pilgrims. What they did not believe in was the organization of the Protestant Church of England and all the hierarchy that came along with it, such as Bishops and other ceremonial titles. They felt the same way about the Catholic Church which had a similar structure. The Puritans believed that many of the major denominations did not follow the Bible in their teachings. So all the "added" items in Catholicism or Anglican failed to properly address the way to know God and the way to worship God.
Did most roman emperors persecute and kill Christians?
The Great Persecution of Christians began under Emperor Diocletian from 303 and lasted until 311 in the eastern empire, but only until 305 in the west. Yet it is the western empire that eventually failed in 476 CE. Some say that although the empire was already in decline, Constantine hastened that decline. However there is no evidence that Constantine became emperor as a result of the Great Persecution. Nor is there any evidence that the unsustainable financial patronage that he gave to Christianity was a direct response to the Great Persecution. The one tenuous link between the persecution of Christians and the fall of the western empire is that the policy of persecution and the culture of book burning that took place under the Christian emperors might have been a robust response to the period known as the Great Persecution, since these factors contributed to the advent of the Dark Ages. Apart from this, it is difficult to find any link between the persecution of Christians and the failure of the Roman Empire.
Who were the Puritans who rebelled against the settlement and what did they do?
The Puritans who rebelled against the settlement were led by Nathaniel Bacon in the 1676 rebellion known as Bacon's Rebellion. They were unhappy with the colonial government's policies and lack of protection against Native American attacks. The rebellion resulted in the burning of Jamestown and ultimately failed, but it highlighted social and economic tensions in the colony.
When and why did the puritans come to america?
The first ones went to America in 1620, on the board of the Mayflower. They fled from europe because they were persecuted. The Puritans were the most extreme English Protestants. Although they were basically Calvinists, they opposed the Anglican Church because they wanted the church to be cleaned of all Catholic remains.They wanted freedom to practise their religion as they saw fit, without restraint or persecution, and they wanted to be able to persecute or restrain others from practising their religion as they saw fit.Many of them left England because they lost out in the religious controversies of the 1600s, and because they disliked the way the king (James 1st up to 1625 and then his son Charles 1st) were tolerant towards Catholics.One person who considered emigrating in the 1630s was Oliver Cromwell. Instead, he stayed and became a leader in the English Civil War, which lead to the execution of Charles 1st in 1649 and to Cromwell becoming leader of the English Commonwealth. When this failed in 1660, another wave of Puritans crossed the Atlantic to escape retribution.
What promoted England to begin colonization?
The main reason was the search for gold. The first major English settlement was Jamestown, and it nearly failed because the settlers there were so focused on gold. England put a policy in place canlled Mercantilism which promoted wealth flowing into England, and the colonies were seen mainly as a source of wealth to their mother country. Another reason was religious freedom. Groups like the Puritans, Separatists, Catholics, and Protestants all came to the New World in search of a sort of refuge or a place to practice their religion freely without persecution.
