Harrison Hintz
Challenged English 11
Mr. Ledvina
October 31, 2015
Final Comparison Essay The books The Crucible and The Scarlet Letter are similar in many ways. Both books include many of the same themes and very alike characters. Although both books were written at different times, they follow a certain guideline about the Puritan society. These two books each include characters with issues from within. Every book also uses a little bit of magic. These two books are no exception. One common theme between these books is of guilt and redemption. This theme plays a very large role in these pieces of literature. The two characters that experience this theme of guilt and redemption are John Proctor from The Crucible and Reverend Dimmesdale…show more content… There are instances of supernatural powers acting on people or supernatural powers to believed be acting on people. In The Crucible is where a sense of magic is most. Witchcraft is everywhere in the book. The use of magic all starts when Abigail Williams, Ruth, Tituba, and others entered the somewhat forbidden woods to speak with the devil. The group of girls were discovered naked and dancing in the forest. This lead to a huge uproar in the community which made people question if these girls were evil or not. When using the word “magic” in The Crucible, it is not really magic. Everyone in the town believe magic is being used, but it is all a hoax that the girls came up with when their backs were against a wall. Once everyone started to call the group of girls caught in the woods evil, the group decided to say they were being possessed by witches. They started to blame random people in the town of Salem saying they were witches. Innocent people were being prosecuted because these girls just did not want to get in trouble. It got to the point where people were blaming others just because they wanted a piece of land! The girls were throwing this “magic” power of witchcraft around like it was nothing. The worst part of this whole ordeal was that the people being accused of witchery, would admit to it so they would not be killed. The rules in Salem went as followed if…show more content… They were also a Puritan society that had strict rules. The biggest thing this society against was adultery. Everyone frowned upon this act and some believed people should die if they commit this act. It was the same in this book that the forest was a bad place where evil lurked, but it was not focused on as much as it was in The Crucible. So, overall in The Scarlet Letter, the human world was very similar to that of The Crucible. The one difference that stands out in this book, is the natural world. The Crucible’s natural world is about doing the right and good thing, while The Scarlet Letter’s is quite the opposite. The Scarlet Letter’s natural world is about Roger Chillingworth and his plan on how to deal with Reverend Dimmesdale. When Roger Chillingworth had returned from his long absence and found out that his wife had a kid that was not his, Roger’s only thought was to get revenge on the man who had an affair with his wife. Roger had figured out that Reverend Dimmesdale was the man who had done this. To his luck, Dimmesdale was sick and the only physician in the town was none other than Roger Chillingworth. Roger wanted to torture Dimmesdale by continuing to make him sick. The only thing Chillingworth did not want to happen was to have Dimmesdale die. When Dimmesdale had died after his sermon, Roger was very upset. “Thou hast escaped me!” After the death of the Reverend, Chillingworth had no idea
