Character Similarities Between The Scarlet Letter And The Crucible
The main characters from the book, The Scarlet Letter, and the play, The Crucible, can be closely related. John Proctor (The Crucible) and Arthur Dimmesdale (The Scarlet Letter) share very similar character traits and the storyline emphasizes these traits. John Proctor was a farmer and highly respected townsman who lived outside of town with his wife, Elizabeth. Arthur Dimmesdale was a well respected reverend. Both of these characters shared a hidden sin, adultery. Both characters lived in the same time period but very different eras. This was a time period where religion had a huge influence on the government and acts such as Adultery were illegal. Both men had a high social status and would be ruined if such a secret were to emerge from hiding.
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They both committed adultery. Proctor committed these acts with his servant, Abigail Williams. Dimmesdale with a woman named Hester Prynne. Dimmesdale is a massive hypocrite because he tells people to repent their sins even though he is hiding one himself. They both hold high stature in their communities and if their secret were to come out they would both pay the price for it. Proctor was around during a time where people believed in anti-communism. Anyone who was suspected to hold belief in Communism was banished. Similarly to the Puritan age however, acts such as Adultery were not held in high respect to the community. Both men feared losing their social status but Dimmesdale would also potentially lose his life. Both men are deeply burdened by their sins and both Abigail and Hester are not. The women with whom assisted in the crimes were not at all emotionally burdened like the men who had to harbour all the pain inside themselves. Even though they are so similar, there are certainly some differences as well. The first of which being that John Proctor committed adultery solely out of lust whereas Arthur Dimmesdale was in love with Hester. The person who assisted in breaking down their walls was different as well. In the Scarlet Letter it was Roger Chillingworth who emotionally broke Dimmesdale but in The Crucible it was Abigail herself. But the reason they choose to break the men
They both committed adultery. Proctor committed these acts with his servant, Abigail Williams. Dimmesdale with a woman named Hester Prynne. Dimmesdale is a massive hypocrite because he tells people to repent their sins even though he is hiding one himself. They both hold high stature in their communities and if their secret were to come out they would both pay the price for it. Proctor was around during a time where people believed in anti-communism. Anyone who was suspected to hold belief in Communism was banished. Similarly to the Puritan age however, acts such as Adultery were not held in high respect to the community. Both men feared losing their social status but Dimmesdale would also potentially lose his life. Both men are deeply burdened by their sins and both Abigail and Hester are not. The women with whom assisted in the crimes were not at all emotionally burdened like the men who had to harbour all the pain inside themselves. Even though they are so similar, there are certainly some differences as well. The first of which being that John Proctor committed adultery solely out of lust whereas Arthur Dimmesdale was in love with Hester. The person who assisted in breaking down their walls was different as well. In the Scarlet Letter it was Roger Chillingworth who emotionally broke Dimmesdale but in The Crucible it was Abigail herself. But the reason they choose to break the men