Their religion is very strict, you come to church every sunday, don't work on the sabbath, and you believe the ministers word like it’s the words of god himself. Anything they have done to go against this would make them look like a witch if they was accused by people of the town. When accused most of them are asked to say the 10 commandments and if they can’t say them then they are said to be a witch. The punishment for witchery if you confesses is to be beat severely, and if you don’t confesses then the punishment is to be hang or to be pressed until you confess.
In the book parris wants proctor to confess with a lie because if the well respected like him and rebecca nurse die the town will start a rebellion against the court, but if proctor
In the book parris wants proctor to confess with a lie because if the well respected like him and rebecca nurse die the town will start a rebellion against the court, but if proctor