The Crucible examines the question of authority: who has the power and on what is that power based on? What is the proper use of authority, and what is abuse of power? The judges, Danforth and Hathorne, believe they get their authority from God because Massachusetts at this time was in a theocracy, which is a government made by God. But other people got their authority just because they made evil allegations. In this play …showed first 75 words of 584 total…

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