The Crucible and The Scarlet Letter are two exceptional books that deal with the issue of guilt .The Crucible portrayed to be a modern play written by Arthur Miller based on a true story, of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. ... Both of these books consist of abundant similarities such as, they deal with the guilt of committing adultery, both focused on the Puritan culture, and the characters were made outcasts of society. ... It tells us that the characters had committed a sin of passion, which they could not confess. ... In The Crucible Proctor despised Abigail and her constant yearning for ...

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The Crucible shows how the assimilation of church with state government was so dramatic that it became the basis of the Puritan society. ... In The Crucible, the people of the town and court feel that in their quest for social perfection there is no room for one individual who may question the methods that are used to acquire social perfection. ... Reverend Parris, one of characters who seek power within all the hysteria that has swept the town, is a prime example of a Puritan. ... Dimmesdale is another character who plays a great role in the description of the incapability of any standard of ...

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Nathaniel Hawthorne is even related to Judge Hawthorne from The Crucible. In this essay, I will compare and contrast The Scarlet Letter and The Crucible in themes relating to both. In Arthur Miller's book, adultery is not seen by most as a major point, but it is the focus around which the death of the main characters, John and Elizabeth Proctor, is built. ... God and purity in The Crucible. ... But in both, the characters just needed a little distraction from the routines of day-to-day life. ...

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This is the driving force between the actions of the characters. ... This includes the townspeople, and the general aspects of the characters. The general aspects of characters are also similar in both The Scarlet Letter and The Crucible. ... One other similarity between the characters are the similar town figures in each. ... Both have similar conflicts, settings, and characters. ...

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Nature and Envoronment The storys The Crucible and The Scarlet Letter both have society and environmental circumstances that drives the characters to behave how they do. The characters John Proctor, Hester Pryne, and Arthur Dimmesdale are characters who are influenced by their storys society or environment exposure. ... That can be shown it the examples of the characters of the used stories....

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In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Crucible by Arthur Miller portray characters committing sins throughout the novel. ... John Proctor, a farmer in The Crucible, and Arthur Dimmesdale, a minister in The Scarlet Letter, both have similar experiences with adultery, but Proctor seems to approach his sin in a more honorable manner than Dimmesdale. John Proctor demonstrates his strength of character throughout the novel by how he reacts to the problems that he is momentarily facing. ... In addition, although Dimmesdale comes off to be a leader because of his role in society i...

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John Proctor and Hester Prynne, two characters derived from a seventeenth century, puritan community have interesting views on life. John Proctor is selected from the play The Crucible written by Arthur Miller. ... These selected characters are the protagonist's from their stories. ... John Proctor and Hester Prynne are characters ahead of their time. ... These are the factors that make them suck individual and amazing characters. ...

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Because of this, a large following of Rice's characters has developed, especially Lestat de Lioncourt. ... Another famous author with a large cult following is Stephen King.29 His works have gained a great audience not because of their characters or stories, but because of King himself. ... Arthur Miller's The Crucible best illustrates this hypocritical attraction-abhorrence nature of the Puritans. ...

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