Two works of literature that display both aspects of this society very accurately are The Scarlet Letter by Nathanial Hawthorn, and The Crucible by Arthur Miller. The Scarlet Letter displays a society that treats two people very differently who commit the sin of adultery together. The woman, Hester Prynne admits her sin, is forced to always wear a scarlet letter A on her chest, and is ostracized from society. The man Reverend Dimmsdale, hides his sin from the world, is almost worshipped by the townspeople, but is filled with the shame of his action. Nathanial Hawthorm illustrates how insensitive a Puritan society can be to those who admit to their wrong doings.

The Crucible is a play that tells the story of the famous witchcraft trail in Salem Massachusetts. In the story Abigail William's, who is the orphaned niece of the towns' minister, Reverend Parris, is the main person who accuses people of s

Hester is a character that goes through many problems because of her sin. The Crucible has a similar reverend, Parris, political figure, and it also focuses on one main family, the Proctors who go through many problems due to the witch-hunt.

The general aspects of the characters are also similar in both the Scarlet Letter and The Crucible. Both of these 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. In The Crucible, the antagonist is Abigail Williams, the girl who mainly accuses the people of being witches. Also, both works of literature include ignorant townspeople who contribute to the main conflict. In The Scarlet Letter, these are the people that despise Hester, but love Reverend Dimmesdale. The people in Reverend Parris' home while his daughter is sick, and the people in court in The Crucible are similar to the townspeople in The Scarlet Letter. Part of this is due to the Puritan setting. This affects the way people think, and how they view sinners. One other similarity between the characters is the similar town figures in each. In The Scarlet Letter, there is a minister Dimmesdale, a political figure, Billingham, and one family the plot focuses on, which is Hester.

Hesters life is spent in complete loneliness because of the way the town treats her. Chillingworth, Hesters past 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 commit adultry with his wife. The towns desire 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 their attempt to get rid of all evil in the town. In both, the conflict is caused by the towns self appointed right to viciously persecute and punish anyone who is found sinning. The conflict is also simila

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