These were the choices facing the people who were accused of witchcraft in the court at Salem in 1692.
Keep in mind that the Puritans believed that nobody really could see a person't heart except God. They thought that a person's actions would be a clear indicator of how the person would spend eternity. If a person lied, stole, broke the ten commandments, etc, it would be clear that the person belonged to Satan and was going to hell. Puritans, even though Arthur Miller doesn't touch on the subject, did also believe in forgiveness of a merciful God. Miller left this part out because it didn't seem to fit his purpose, and it didn't seem to fit into the way the court was acting. (Unfortunately, Puritan theology and the court at Salem did not quite go hand in hand.) So it all comes down to this:
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