Analyze and evaluate “The Crucible” in response to the following question: To what extent is ABSOLUTISM represented within Miller’s play, “The Crucible”?

The most important kind of absolutism on display in The Crucible is moral absolutism. The town of Salem, where the action takes place, is a theocracy, a place ruled by Puritan ministers. And those ministers insist on sticking to a rigid interpretation of Scripture that strictly forbids certain kinds of behavior.
For the Puritans of Salem, there are no gray areas when it comes to morality; there's only good or evil, and if you commit evil acts then you can expect to be subjected to public censure and even punishment for your transgressions. So, for instance, if you're deemed to be a witch, as many of the characters in the play are, then there is nothing you can say or do to minimize your sins. As far as the authorities are concerned, you are evil and deserve to be punished with the utmost severity.
Only God can punish sinners in the afterlife, but here on Earth it's the temporal authorities who dish out the punishments, claiming to act in God's name as they condemn people to die for the heinous crime of witchcraft.