In Salem, everything and everyone belongs to either God or the devil dissent is not merely unlawful, it is associated with satanic activity. There is no room for deviation from social norms, since any individual whose private life doesn’t conform to the established moral laws represents a threat not only to the public good but also to the rule of God and true religion. Because of the theocratic nature of the society, moral laws and state laws are one and the same: sin and the status of an individual’s soul are matters of public concern. The Crucible is set in a theocratic society, in which the church and the state are one, and the religion is a strict, austere form of Protestantism known as Puritanism. Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work.
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