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Abigail Vs Hester - Term Papers

Abigail Vs Hester

Often in exceptional works of literature, identities, personalities, and surroundings can be quite similar or distinct with characters in other works. Two works of literature that display both aspects are The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and The Crucible, by Arthur Miller. Abigail Williams and Hester Prynne are two women with many similarities while they also can be illuminated with many differences. The two works of literature have very similar qualities, including setting, conflict,and general aspects of the characters, while there are also specific parallels between characters, such as Abigail Williams and Hester Prynne. The time period, for which Abigail and Hester lived ...

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is an orphan, and considering she is never really part of a family, she probably
has a feeling of loneliness for all of her life. Another similarity between the two is that they are both are adulteresses. Hester who commits adultery with Dimmesdale, her true love and Abigail commits adultery with John Proctor.
On the other hand, Abigail Williams and Hester Prynne have much dissimilarity. Hester is introduced to the reader as a devout Puritan with the exception of her sin of adultery. She appears to be acceptant of her sin and the reproductions that followed it, while Abigail's sins are hidden from society and is accusing many innocent people for witchcraft. After recognizing her sin Hester works for forgiveness by helping the poor and giving to charity while Abigail works for vengeance aiming to put an end to her foe. Hester is a married woman who is unfaithful by sleeping with another man, Dimmesdale. Aibigail is not married, but also commits adultery by sleeping with a ...

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Added: 9/21/2006 11:29:17 PM
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