In The Crucible, the topic of weight can be associated to: weight of truth, of religion, of law, of names, of accusations true or false and of sins within the Salem village. In the midst of a court case of witchery, the theocratic society becomes divided between the the truthfulness and importance of religion and of law. Religion and Christian values are preached by Judge Danforth to protect true Christian citizens from being found guilty of witchery in court. Yet, the characters who were highly respected for their religious background, such as Rebecca Nurse, Elizabeth Proctor, Martha Corey were persecuted nonetheless. As well, characters that thought they had religious authority such as Rev. Parris and Rev. Hale lost their