A Juxtaposition of The Crucible and The Scarlet Letter

A Juxtaposition of The Crucible and The Scarlet Letter


There are many similarities in The Crucible and The Scarlet Letter. Though similar in many ways, these two pieces of literature greatly contrasted each other. Three important elements, which exemplify this juxtaposition, are theme, setting, and the protagonists. Both The Crucible and The Scarlet Letter contain several examples to further support these three elements.
The themes of The Crucible and The Scarlet Letter change throughout the course of each literature piece. One major theme in both of these is revenge. The character from The Scarlet Letter who is out for revenge is Chillingworth. Chillingworth is angry when he finds out whom Hester committed adultery with. When he realizes it was Dimmesdale, he decides to secretly torture Dimmesdale for what he has done. An example of Chillingworth’s revenge from the book is:
He now dug into the poor clergyman’s heart like a miner searching for gold; or, r...