What are some examples of irony in The Crucible that show Miller's attitude toward the Puritans?

One significantthat
really seems to showcase Miller's attitude toward the Puritans is Mrs. Putnam sending her
daughter, Ruth, to Tituba, the Barbadian woman enslaved by Reverend Parris, to practice
witchcraft. This is why, when Mrs. Putnam tells Parris what she didthat she was actually
responsible for the girls' activities in the forest the night beforeParris is shocked. He
exclaims, "Good Ann, it is a formidable sin to conjure up the dead!" Witchcraft,
obviously, is completely outlawed in any form for any reason, and the Putnams have actually come
to Parris's home because they want him to start a witch hunt in Salemand
yet, they themselves are directly responsible for the conjuring that took
place already! It is absolutely hypocritical of them to endorse witchcraft for their own
purposes and then to turn around and accuse others of using it, and it is extremely ironic for a
couple who claims to be quintessential Puritan folk. This would qualify as an example of
situational...