Puritanism In The Crucible

In The Crucible, an adaption of the events of one of the darkest moments in the history of the United States, the Salem Witch Trials, many of those being accused of witchcraft are women. This is result of the predominance of Puritanism, a sect of protestantism that sought to make their dream of a perfect world a reality. The following aspects of the Puritanism’s ideal world will be focused on: women being seen as morally inferior to men, and being expected to be clinging-vine brides whose only role was to raise the family's children.
Firstly, in the biblical tale of Adam and Eve, it was Eve that fell to the temptations of eating from the forbidden tree first and thus the first to disobey god’s will. As a result, Puritan society believed that