There are many different themes present in this play; however the two biggest themes are slavery and Christian values. Throughout the work these two themes are present in every character and at the same time seem to be in contrast with each other. When it comes to the idea of ​​slavery, the fact that this book was written at the time to persuade readers, especially those in the North, that slavery is evil, unchristian, and intolerable in society. Even with the idea of ​​slavery, we can find that the play takes a long time to show the fact that the system of slavery does not follow Christian values. These two themes seem to be forever intertwined with each other. One of the main themes is slavery, mainly the evil of slavery. At the beginning of the book, readers are shown the idea that not all slave owners are truly evil and only care about money. There are some owners who do not abuse or mistreat their slaves, however these ideas are not posed to show that the evil of slavery is conditional, but as a way to show the evil of slavery even at its best. Due to the fact that even though Shelby and St. Clare show kindness towards their slaves, at the same time their ability to tolerate slavery makes them hypocritical and morally weak. In fact, this is first shown when Shelby shamefully tears Tom's family apart by selling him. Yet the most evil of slavery does not show its head until Tom is sold to the Legree plantation, where it appears in its most hideous and naked form; the harsh and barbaric environments in which slaves suffered beatings, sexual abuse and murder. The play then introduces the shock that if slavery is wrong at best, then at worst it can… in the middle of a story… of paper. These strong people had help not only with the growth of the Broadway musical, but also with the beginning of the modernization of musical theater in this period. Particularly the growth and change in the types of characters used in Broadway musicals. For example, Cinderella type characters are in rags to riches stories, where they struggle at the beginning of the act, but at the final curtain they have a happy ending. Women and men during this period begin to show more personality in their acting and their fights on stage. This was also the period when spoken pictures began to become a growth industry, no longer just the jazz period of the 1920s. However, all good things must come to an end; it was the stock market crash during this period that ended Broadway's feverish pace.