Scarlett Letter and Crucible C&C

Transcript of A compare and contrast between The Crucible, The Scarlet Letter, and how society influenced the stories by: Lacey Henke, Andre johnson, Matthew Bellafaire, and Dominica Hintz A compare and contrast between the characters of The Crucible and The Scarlet Letter: based on the political views from the fifties and McCarthyism, The Scarlet Letter tells of a young Hester Prynne. Her much older husband sent her ahead to America while he remained in England. There, she encountered (and fell in love with) a man by the name of Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. The Reverend shared her love and it cost her her reputation and the rest of her life she was to wear a scarlet letter "A" boasting adultery. Though the Reverend's crime wasn't public, he was torn up inside from guilt. This guilt was somehow magnified by a certain Roger Chillingworth (Hester's rightful husband) who was supposed to be rersponsible for the Reverend's care. The Crucible was based on the actual witch hunts in Salem Massachusetts. contained in the pages is an amazing play expressing what great lengths people do to ease blame from themselves onto their neighbors, the role religious power plays in a small community and acts of integrity. Hester Prynne: both: trying to make her life better has a daughter very godly honest compassionate she shows emense integrity for her actons Abigail Williams: she doesn't care about having a decent life has no children not godly she is a liar rude/self-serving lifestyle she shows no remorse fo anything she has done committed adultery young beautiful lived during puritanical times they're both keeping a secret from everyone ex; Hester kept the identity of pearl's father a secret while Abigail kept her affair with John Proctor a secret. Roger Chillingworth: young forgiving outspoken careful victims of adultery revengeful bitter Elizabeth Proctor: old spiteful secretive deceiving Both: Reverend Parris: Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale: both: not