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Throughout the history of American Literature, there have been several stories that have had their share of controversy. Although I'm fairly certain that most

people had to read both books that I'm going to be discussing in high school, there are few people who have had a chance to sit down and actually explore how they

share similar themes. Through careful analysis of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthrone and The Crucible by Arthur Miller; you can see the evidence that

supports the fact that both of these two works are somewhat related. These themes include sin, punishment of sin, the devil, and love/lust.

The most obvious theme contained in both works is sin. In The Scarlet Letter, the sin that has been committed is adultery and has produced an illegitimate

child. Hester Prynne, and the outspoken and praised minister of the Puritan community Arthur Dimmsdale were the adulters who committed the sin and produced

the child Pearl.......

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