gain revenge on Dimmesdale, and in The Crucible, the antagonist is Abigail Williams, the girl who mainly accuses the people of being witches. In addition, both works of literature include ignorant townspeople who contribute to the main conflict. In The Scarlet Letter, these people are the ones who loathe Hester, but love Reverend Dimmesdale. The people in Reverend Parris home while his daughter is sick, and the people in court in The Crucible are similar to the townspeople in The Scarlet Letter. Part of this is due to the Puritan setting. This affects the way the people think, and how they view sinners. One other similarity between the characters are the similar town figures in each. In The Scarlet Letter, there is a minister, Dimmesdale, a political figure, Billingham, and one family that the plot focuses on, which is Hester and Pearl, who go through many problems because of Hesters sin. The Crucible has a similar Reverend, Parris, political figure, and it also focuses on one main family, the Proctors who go through many problems due to the witch hunt. Other than the general similarities between characters, there are also many specific parallels. One specific parallel between characters is that of Reverend Parris and Dimmesdale. One obvious similarity is that they are both ministers in the towns they live in. However, more parishioners like Dimmesdale in The Scarlet Letter than Parris in The Crucible. Yet, both ministers are concerned with their image. In The Scarlet Letter, Dimmesdale hides his sin to prevent punishment, but this was not the only reason. He also does not confess because he still wants the Puritans to idolize and venerate him, which they do to an extreme. Parris is also very much like Dimmesdale in The Crucible, because he also cares greatly about public image. He does not want people to think his daughter actually signs the Black Mans book, and wants to hide her mysterious illness from the parishioners. In addition, h...
