innocent people who were hanged

A detailed Summary of innocent people who were hanged

Hester Prynne, Nathanial Hawthorne's character from his novel, The

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

awful sin to have committed, Abigail committed a sin of the sa

punished many people including herself, her friends, John and Elizabeth

the truth, she would carry out her threats.

were hanged unjustly because Abigail was a lying and deceitful person.

took the blame and did not lie about what happened. Abigail lied and made

her as less respectable of the two.

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

Hester did not try to hide the fact from the townspeople that she was

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Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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