take place. This Puritan setting is also very important in both works of literature. The reason behind the townspeople .
persecuting sinners is because of the Puritan beliefs of the time period. This is the driving force between the actions .
of the characters. The setting of a religiously intolerant village is also the main reason behind the conflict that lies in .
each plot. .
The conflicts in both works of literature are also similar. They are both caused by the same thing, the excessively .
devout town in which the setting takes place. The conflict in The Scarlet Letter that occurs between Dimmesdale, .
Hester, and Chillingworth is caused by the townintolerance for sinners. Hesterlife is spent in complete .
loneliness because of the way the town treats her. Chillingworth, Hesterpast husband, is like most of the .
townspeople, because he feels the need to punish and inflict pain on sinners, especially those who have personally .
harmed him. Chillingworth tries to gain revenge on Dimmesdale, the man who commits adultery with his wife. The .
towndesire to seek out and personally condemn sinners is also the source of conflict in The Crucible. In The .
Crucible, the townspeople hunt out the witches in the community as an attempt to rid the town of evil. In both, the .
conflict is caused by the townself appointed right to rancorously persecute a! .
nd punish anyone who is found sinning. The conflict is also similar because both towns are generally the same. They .
are both located in the same general area of America, which causes the people to have similar beliefs and traditions. .
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. Both have a main .
antagonist, who wishes to punish sinners. In The Scarlet Letter, this person is Roger Chillingworth, who wants to .
gain revenge on Dimmesdale, and in The Crucible, the antagonist is Abigail Williams, the girl who mainly accuses .