... Garden of Eden. In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Crucible by Arthur Miller portray characters committing sins throughout the novel. More importantly both novels incorporate the theme of sin as adultery throughout the sequence of the story. 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...

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... been debated countless times throughout our history and two books seem to depict this standard of living in two different ways. 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 ... lifestyle forces upon human nature. This nature is one of mistakes and imperfection that make humans the unique creatures that humans are. Dimmesdale is another character who plays a great role in the description of the incapability of any standard of living to...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate