"Simply, it was this: for good purposes, even high purposes, the people of Salem developed a theocracy, a combine of state and religious power whose function was the keep the community together, and to prevent any kind of disunity that might open it to destruction by material or ideological enemies" (141).
The village in The Scarlet Letter was run by a theocracy as well. Even though they had a government official, the church held enough power among the people to be considered part of the governing body. Both communities in The Crucible and The Scarlet Letter are very religious and would not tolerate any ideas other than their own.
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