 Morality and moral characters was an important concern within Fielding 's works , and his first play serves as a representation for Fielding 's believes surrounding the relationship between morality and libertine beliefs that is found throughout his work . The plays also introduces most of the character types that Fielding would reuse throughout his plays and novels . However , his use of libertine themes and characters served as a way for those like Pat Rogers to believe that Fielding lacked an orthodox understanding of Christianity ; he believes that Fielding was harsh towards hypocrisy but not against other actions . In particular , Rogers claims , " Fielding was generous enough in that sphere of morality , however implacable he might be in his larger political and religious attachment . Provided that soldiers were brave and loyal he did not require their lives to be models of absolute purity . " Tiffany Potter follows this idea by claiming , " Eliminating a moral imperative to drama ( and to life in general ) gives Fielding the liberty to create unconventional characters and to set plays anywhere from ballrooms to brothels without having to defend anything more than his own stance on issues . The necessity of even that defence , however , is usually negated by his libertine belief in privilege . 
