the scarlet letter
... him, the same things they would imagine to see in God. Dimmesdale had the power to rule over them because their commitment to him was so strong. In Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible, the courts of the Colony are held above all else. During the play in one of the many conversations, a debate comes up in which it is clearly shown that the courts are the most important establishment of Massachusetts. "All innocent and Christian people are happy for the courts in Salem!" "But you must understand, sir, that a person is either with this court or he must be counted against it." Pg. 90 In the Puritan age, a person was considered good if they were Christian and innocent. If they were not Christian or broke the rigid Puritan code, they were a sinner. To be against the courts was to be a sinner. If one ...