Scarlet Letter, and Abigail Williams, from "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller,

have both committed a crime and they are both hated by their societies.

However, there are also differences between the two characters. Hester

Prynne is the more respectable Puritan woman of the two because she did

not commit as many sins as Abigail did, she was not as secretive about it,

and her actions only affected herself and her child.

Hester did sin horribly but it was not comparable to Abigail's many

sins. The sins that Abigail were guilty of were wrath, avarice, lust, and envy,

while Hester only committed lust. Hester's adulterous behavior was

considered one of the worst sins of the Puritan women. Although that was an

more honorable. If these women acted today as they did 300 years ago, they

ul sin to have committed, Abigail committed a sin of the same kind and

would be judged much differently. No one would be hanged, no one would

Because Hester's actions hurt fewer people, Abigail has less respectability.

innocent people of witchcraft. She even went as far as to threaten John

Proctor by telling him that if he told, she would have him and his wife

reputations. When Hester committed adultery, the people in town were not

Abigail, on the other hand, made sure that the citizens of Salem did not find

Abigail is even described as "an orphan with an endless capacity for

more. Abigail and Hester both knew that what they did was wrong. Hester

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