Hawthorne‚ The Scarlet Letter and second by Arthur Miller‚ The Crucible‚ say a lot about puritan lives during this time period. The Scarlet Letter took place in Boston‚ Massachusetts‚ and The Crucible took place in Salem‚ Massachusetts. Both of his works deal with sin‚ its effects on different characters‚ people’s reactions‚ each character’s conflicts‚ and their resolution to the conflicts. Dimmesdale‚ who is one of the main characters in The Scarlet Letter‚ and John Proctor‚ who is in The Crucible. Dimmesdale
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The main character‚ Abigail‚ of Arthur Miller’s book‚ "The Crucible"‚ and Hester of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s book‚ "The Scarlet Letter"‚ have many common and distinct characteristics. Both beautiful and young‚ full of and secrets and sin‚ and fall in love with people they can’t be with. But differ in the way they were punished‚ what they have done‚ and their relationship with their lovers. Let’s talk about the similarities between Abigail and Hester. Beauty is the most common similarity between the
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where the system and all of its components were based on God‚ Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter and Judge Danforth from Arthur Miller’s The Crucible were bound to suffer from the Puritan values which they believed in during the Puritan era. After thoroughly analyzing both Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter and Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ it is evident that Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale and Judge Danforth were notably victimized by the Puritan ethics of body
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every aspect of life‚ both sacred and secular” (Friedman). Famous for their incorporation of religion in laws and the famous witch trials which they held‚ the Puritans found their way into literature. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter and Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ the Puritans play a significant role as most of the characters in both pieces of literature are Puritans themselves. The Puritans believed in the ideas of sin‚ defined as “An immoral act considered to be a transgression against
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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
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literature‚ there are many ways to indirectly convey or foreshadow events‚ settings‚ and situations. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter uses a great deal of literary devices and techniques in order to effectively lead the reader towards his viewpoint and‚ finally‚ towards his purpose. The sin of adultery‚ which acts as the base and impetus for much of the plot in The Scarlet Letter‚ affects Hester Prynne‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ and Roger Chillingworth the most; however‚ each of the preceding is affected
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someone who deserves it for some specific reason‚ especially if the reason was personal or offends to the person giving the revenge. In both The Crucible and The Scarlet Letter there was revenge. However‚ they both had different types of revenge and how it was used. There was a lot of revenge in The Crucible. The first person that was using revenge in The Crucible is Thomas Putnam. From the beginning of the play‚ Thomas Putnam had grudges against Francis Nurse for preventing his brother-in-law from being
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Works Cited Miller‚ Arthur. The Crucible‚ a Play in Four Acts. New York: Viking‚ 1953. Print. Hawthorne‚ Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter. Pleasantville‚ NY: Reader ’s Digest Association‚ 1984. Print. The Scarlet Letter‚ and Abigail Williams‚ from "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller‚ have both committed a crime and they are both hated by their societies. However‚ there are also differences between the two characters. Hester Prynne is the more respectable Puritan woman of the two because she
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The Scarlet Letter Motif: Words and names for the Scarlet Letter Chapter 1: Chapter 2: 1. “‘But she—the naughty baggage—little will she care what they put upon the bodice of her gown!’” (49) CM: Like many Puritan women in Boston‚ this woman illustrates the hate they all have for Hester Prynne‚ by declaring that Hester is unmoved by her sin. 2. “‘Ah‚ but‚” interposed‚ more softly‚ a young wife‚ holding a child by the hand‚ "let her cover the mark as she will‚ the pang of it will be
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Amelia B. Professor Gao English 430 Spring 2012 “Scarlet Letter” Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel The Scarlet Letter is a story full of themes of guilt‚ pride‚ hypocrisy‚ retribution‚ and isolation. Taking place during the seventeenth century‚ the story of Hester Prynne and her famed scarlet letter depicts a story of unconceivable proportions. Guilt‚ Sin and Judgment Perhaps the foremost purpose of The Scarlet Letter is to illustrate the difference between shaming someone in public and allowing
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