The Role Of Religion In The Crucible

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Along time in the 1600's there was a little town called Salem and in that town they were all about religion, and of course there was a pastor. W hen you think of pastors you think that they would be a good person, noble and characteristic's like that, Well this pastor from this town was slightly different then your usual stereotype. He was paranoid, conceited ,and very persistent.
Paris is very co ncieted.he just thinks that he deserves more than he gets for example on pg. 152 in the play he says "The salary is a sixty six pound Mr.Proctor I am not some preaching farmer ,I am graduate of Harvard." What this means is that Usually a preacher would ge t sixty pounds of firewood but for some reason he wants more than he should get because

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