Q 1. Puritans were unable to eliminate ritual at a burial because they often personified death as a “king of terror.” For puritans death can be overcome by eternity. They always considered that practicing ritual at a burial is useless still they couldn’t stop it because of society. As days are passing people are getting more accustomed with rituals. Although Puritans found ritual as a useless and superstitious practice, they had to keep going with the ritual practices to settle peacefully in society.