The main character, Abigail, of Arthur Millers book, *…“The Crucible, and Hester of
Nathaniel Hawthornes book, *…“The Scarlet Letter, have many common and distinct
characteristics. Both beautiful and young, full of and secrets and sin, and fall in love with
people they cant be with. But differ in the way they were punished, what they have done,
and their relationship with their lovers.
Lets talk about the similarities between Abigail and Hester. Beauty is the most common
similarity between the two. Abigail, being the youngest, was around the age of 17. Hester,
a little bit older than Abigail, in her 20s. Both young and fully developed made them such
beauties in the stories told. Another obvious similarity between the two was that they both
kept secrets of their sins. For example, Hester, kept the secret identity of her lover, Arthur
Dimsdale, so that he wouldnt have to suffer for his sin. And Abigail kept her secret love
affair she had with John Proctor because he was married and that meant adultery. This
leads to another great similarity. They both fall in love with people that cant be with. Like
mentioned earlier Abigail falls in love with John Proctor, but cant be with him because he
was already married. Hester is the opposite way around, she had an affair with Arthur
Dimsdale, but she is married to Chilingsworth. Both Abigails and Hesters love for them
creates major problems in the stories.
Now since the some of the examples for the similarities have been shown to you lets talk