Similarities Between The Scarlet Letter And The Crucible

In the novels, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Crucible by Arthur Miller, there are similar storylines with motives. The authors in both novels engendered tension within their characters by inducing an oversensitive scenario as in infidelity. The Scarlet Letter and The Crucible tend to delineate precedents of adultery within romantic triangles that cause a major controversy in which a pandemonium occurs due to the citizens of their hometowns feedback. In The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne portrayed a perverse yet conscience-stricken romance between Hester Prynne, Reverend Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth in which created the outcome of the Liaison, Pearl. Hester was shunned and punished due to the opinions of adultery, in which was looked down upon in the 1800’s. Hester committed the crime due to her falling in love with another man, Rev. Dimmesdale and caused her to wear a letter of an “A” as punishment since her husband had randomly abandoned her for “Medical School” without any sign or message of his disappearance. If adultery is committed, then the adulterer must confirm their partner that had
In both novels, the character committed a sin and also dealt with the consequences like being publicly shamed or hung all because of people lying in order to save themselves from worsening situations. Abigail Williams and Rev. Dimmesdale happened to be the home wreckers in each of their own novels because she caused a marriage to almost failing, even though he died, and he basically swept Hester off her feet as in he was her hero causing Chillingworth to become bittersweet. Hester and Dimmesdale were actually in love with each other and she disliked her relationship with her husband while Elizabeth and John were in love, but once lost due to Abigail coming in as a home wrecker but once she left, they found their spark again until it was his time to