The Crucible shows how the assimilation of church with state government was so dramatic that it became the basis of the Puritan society. This combination advocates the concept that the Puritan society was a community based on complete social and governmental power over its followers. ... The conjoining of church and state was not as evident within The Scarlet Letter but instead displays the inability to perfect human nature regardless of any assistance given by a created lifestyle such as Puritanism. ... Sin, rather than power, is the basis of The Scarlet Letter and donates to the message that...

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