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. ... (Hawthorne 130) This quote refers to John Proctor and Arthur Dimmesdale. ... Although The Crucible and The Scarlet Letter consist of numerous similarities, it had a few differences, as well. In The Crucible Proctor despised Abigail and her constant yearning for him. ... Yet, The Crucible was a true story based on accounts gathered in the courts of early Salem, Massachuse...

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Arthur Miller was one of the people who questioned religion when he wrote his play "The Crucible." "The Crucible" is written about Puritan life in Salem, MA in the late 1500's, which led to the Salem witch trials. ... They were caught by the minister and in the morning when two of he girls fall ill, he mentions what he saw at first to the Doctor but as people are to scream witchcraft he wants to protect his daughter and his good name and from then on withholds that information from the judges (The Crucible). A minister speaks for God, yet in "The Crucible" he lied for his own benefit....

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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. ... Just as comparable is Arthur and Hester's walk through the woods; at this place they are safe from the brutal eye of Boston and are liberated to share their love of each other. ...

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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 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...

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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. ... He says, "God is dead" (Miller 119). ... Arthur Dimmesdale, a minister and adulterer, demonstrates his weakness of character and fear he has of the consequences he may have to face if he admits to engaging in adultery with Hest...

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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. ... The settings in both The Scarlet Letter and The Crucible are similar in many ways. The Scarlet Letter takes place around the 1640s, as the The Crucible occurs in 1692. ... The general aspects of characters are also similar in both The Scarlet Letter and The Crucible. ... However, more parishoners like Dimmesdale in The Scarlet Letter than Parris in The Crucible. ...

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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. Hester prynne comes from Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. John and Hester ali...

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Arthur Miller's The Crucible best illustrates this hypocritical attraction-abhorrence nature of the Puritans. ... This novel does not deal so much with witches as it does with the Black Man, which "is a traditional American name for the Devil."44 In The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne commits adultery with Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. ...

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