The Crucible
What is a theocracy according to the text?
It has to do with the witch hunt.
It has to do with the witch hunt.
From the text:
Simply, it was this: for good purposes, even high pur-poses, the people of Salem developed a theocracy, a combine of state and religious power whose function was to keep the community together, and to prevent any kind of disunity that might open it to destruction by material or ideological enemies.
The Crucible