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Not only has Miller in The Crucible captured the spirit of ancient tragedy, but also he has, this paper contends, caught some of the themes found in the writings of an American author of some one hundred years earlier-Nathaniel Hawthorne. The attitudes in Miller's play and in Hawthorne's work, especial-ly The Scarlet Letter, are at points strik-
In its depiction of Puritanism, The Crucible most resembles Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. Both works show that not only is Puritanism harsh and strict, but that this harshness makes it blind, cruel, hypocritical, and destructive.
Dec 10, 2019 · In its depiction of Puritanism, The Crucible most resembles Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. Both works show that not only is Puritanism harsh and strict, but that this harshness makes it blind, cruel, hypocritical, and destructive. Hawthorne was actually a descendant of the notorious Judge Hathorne from the witch trials.
- Shelley Tucker
- 2017
- John Proctor. A farmer, and the husband of Elizabeth. Proctor had an affair with Abigail Williams while she worked as a servant in his house. A powerful man in both build and character, Proctor refuses to… read analysis of John Proctor.
- Reverend Parris. The minister of Salem, Betty's father, and Abigail's uncle. Tituba is his slave. As a minister, Parris delivers harsh fire and brimstone sermons that sometimes turn off his parishioners.
- Reverend Hale. A minister in the nearby Massachusetts town of Beverly, and an expert in identifying witchcraft. An intelligent man, Hale sees himself as a scientist and philosopher, a kind of physician of the soul.
- Elizabeth Proctor. The wife of John Proctor. She fires Abigail Williams as her servant when she discovers that the girl is having an affair with Proctor.
6 The Crucible and they had to be to survive the life they had chosen or been born into in this country. The proof of their belief’s value to them may be taken from the opposite character of the first Jamestown settlement, farther south, in Virginia. The Englishmen who landed there were motivated mainly by a hunt for profit. They
In its depiction of Puritanism,The Cruciblemost resembles Nathaniel Hawthorne'sThe Scarlet Letter. Both works show that not only is Puritanism harsh and strict, but that this harshness makes it blind, cruel, hypocritical, and destructive. Hawthorne was actually a descendant of the notorious Judge Hathorne from the witch trials.
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The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, was published in 1953. However, it is set in 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts, which was part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The Scarlet Letter, written...
