:PURITANS
 :term comes from their goal to purify humanity and more so the anglican church
 :puritans came to american for religious freedom for themselves only.  they were very intolerant
 :anglican church spent money on what the puritans called frivilous things such as cathedrals.  they also required tithes from all around the established church regardless of one's belief or preferences.
 :the puritans had a great level of commitment to endure the hardships of the journey and the new settlement
 :their ultimate goal was to create a new jeruSALEM hense the name salem
 :the puritans landed at plymoth and c»reated a theocracy at salem
 :theocracies put the power of god in the hands of very few men and power often breeds corruption
 :
 :ORIGINAL SIN - man is born into sin as a result of the initial downfall of man caused by adam and eve in the garden of eden
 :MAN'S DEPRAVITY - a belief of a constant need/nature to sin
 :DISCIPLINED - large need/duty to be "thy brother's keeper" and duty of life is to serve God
 :mortality rate was extremely high causing a belief of the fragility of life causing a high level of FEAR which aided the successfl theocratic rule.  the puritan belief of God was the old testament god of wrath and anger
 :
 :PURITAN WORK ETHIC
 :this stems from the idea that the devil makes work from idle hands. in our time, we protest work and try to ascertain methods to escape from work.
 :the puritans would not have had a revolution due to their belief that one cannot question authority.
 :
 :LITERARY ANALYSIS:
 :do analyze a character, one must evaluate that character both on the dynamic-static and the round-flat continuim.
 :
 :CRUCIBLE:
 :act I - exposition/introductin - character, setting, conflict
 :act II - develop confilct and characters
 :act III - further develop of character and conflict leading to a conflict (rising action)
 :act IV - climax and resolution
 : climax - the point at which the protagonast makes a decision which determines the outcome of the conflict
 :
 :THEME:
 : to analyze a theme, evaluate the protagonist and the changes he/she undertakes to deal with his/her conflict.  also asses what the protagonist learns.  this is what the author wishes for the reader to learn.  this thing that author wants the reader to learn is the theme of the work.
 :crucible themes - life is precious ang god's will is indiscernible (hale),forgiveness, nonjudgemental, humility (elizabeth), you only have your name {contradicts hale theme tha life is the most important} (proctor)
 :