Two works of literature that display both aspects of this society very accurately are The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and The Crucible, by Arthur Miller. ... Chillingworth tries to gain revenge on Dimmesdale, the man who commits adultery with his wife. ... In The Scarlet Letter, there is a minister, Dimmesdale, a political! ... One specific parallel between characters is that of Reverend Parris and Dimmesdale. ... Hester is a married woman who is unfaithful by sleeping with another man, Dimmesdale. ...

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