The Scarlet Letter and The Crucible

and differences. They share a setting; Massachusetts Bay

Colony, relative time period; early America in the 1600's and 1700's, and

both have a key word coupled with them, adultery. They also have the same

harsh leaders, bitter communities and religious doctrine. Both have

incorporated the freedom of the wilderness and the safety of the town. Plus

they express the guilt and suffering of the human conscience. 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

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. Proctor committed the sin, and crime, of lechery

with Abigail and tells the court so during his trial. He does this to discredit

her accusations against his wife, which he knows are fa

All the themes discussed in this essay are very important points in the

Devil, and the people who live near it are often included in its awful

. Soon start the madness that engulfs the village. Just as comparable is

adultery, at least in The Scarlet Letter, were critical to the structure of the

didn't, condemning her and her husband to death in the process. Thus it

public confession. She is summoned to the court, to prove Proctor right, for

Their confessions were lies just to save themselves, when others like John

Some topics in this essay:
Nathaniel Hawthorne's, Elizabeth Proctor, Bay Colony, Mistress Hibbins, Letter Dimmesdale, Scarlet Letter, Giles Corey, Arthur Hester's, Arthur Miller's, , scarlet letter, human conscience, sin adultery,