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. ... Thus it becomes related to Nathaniel Hawthorne's book whose entire plot revolves around the sin of adultery. ... Throughout the span of The Scarlet Letter Dimmesdale has to suffer, egged on by Chillingworth, over his terrible sin of adultery. ... The wilderness and town, the human conscience and adultery, at least in The Scarlet Letter, were critical to the structure of the novels and made the foc...

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On the other hand, The Scarlet Letter was an old-fashion, fiction novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. ... (Hawthorne 130) This quote refers to John Proctor and Arthur Dimmesdale. ... In The Crucible, as well as in the Scarlet Letter both groups of people were told to abide by certain rules of the Puritans. ... Although The Crucible and The Scarlet Letter consist of numerous similarities, it had a few differences, as well. ... The Scarlet Letter is a fiction story of Hester and the scarlet A; there was no such thing as it. ...

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The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, conflicts the effects of the conjunction of church and state while The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, conflicts the inability to perfect human nature regardless of any assistance given by a created lifestyle such as Puritanism. ... The conjoining of church and state was not as evident within The Scarlet Letter but instead displays the inability to perfect human nature regardless of any assistance given by a created lifestyle such as Puritanism. ... Sin, rather than power, is the basis of The Scarlet Letter and donates to the message that...

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Hester prynne comes from Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. ... The scarlet letter is an "A" embroidered on Hester's clothes with gold thread, which signifies that she is an adulterer. ... "The truth was, that the little puritans, being of the most intolerant brood that ever lived, had got a vague idea of something outlandish, unearthly, or at variance with ordinary fashions, in the mother and child; and therefore scorned them in their hearts, and not infrequently reviled them with their tongues" (Hawthorne 94). ... The reason for her scarlet letter has faded. ...

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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. ...

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