Hester Prynne and Abigail Williams in The Crucible by Arthur Miller :: Essay on The Crucible

American literature often examines people and motives. In Nathaniel Hawthorne&8217s novel, The Scarlet Letter, and in Aruthur Miller&8217s modern dramatic masterpiece, The Crucible, people and motives often supply patters of Puritans struggling for life during a shaky time. Two main characters from both(prenominal) pieces of works share the traits of a struggling Puritan as adulators. nevertheless tough Hester and Abigail have similar traits, their sins differ dramatically and were punished differently.Hester Prynne is a char in Boston who is strong of her will. For example she had a young lady and refused to give out her father&8217s name. She says, &8220&8230my child must attempt a heavenly father and shall never know an earthly one (Hawthorne 64). She is a very truthful woman except for one time. A broad(a) example would be when she has to lie to her daughter, Pearl, about the letter she wears on her chest. She claims she wears it &8220for the involvement of its gold thread (166). Hester is also an adulator who is punished by the village. Abigail Williams is a teenager who is a great liar. She manages to pull off a big witch-hunt with skills credibly as great as an actor does. She is also the niece of the town curate, noble-minded Samuel Paris. Both these women do know the feelings of being an adulator though. Even though Hester&8217s affair is known publicly. Hester fell in love with the minister Aruthur Dimmesdale. They are very much in love but and so she gives birth to his child and is ridiculed by the public. Abigail believes she is in love with a farmer named John proctor. She wants his wife dead. A good example is when John Proctor says &8220&8230she thinks to dance with me on my wife&8217s grave&8230(Miller 102), which obviously means she wants Goody Proctor erased. Both women meet their loved ones in abstruse until their loved ones died.Adultery was a significant part in these women&8217s lives. As any reader can see, even people with the said(prenominal) traits have many different faults. Such as their ability to let out the truth.Even though both women are adulators, Hester is a truthful woman who never lies. She only lies one time to her daughter when approached by the examination of what the scarlet letter stands for. Hester also never lies when approached by ministers to confess whom the companion were. She just says, &8220I will not speak (Hawthorne 64).