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Scarlet Letter/Crucible Essay



The presence of guilt has been felt by all human beings. As guilt grows in a



person's life it eventually begins to have a deteriorating effect on the individual. In both



The Scarlet Letter and The Crucible more than one of the characters are experiencing



some form of guilt and the effects of the public's opinion on their own personal sins.



Each character's guilt originates from a different personal problem and with each



character's guilt comes a different reaction. Miller and Hawthorne use the source of



guilt, the actions resulting from it and the eventual consequences to portray the



concept of a guilty conscience to the reader.



Each character's guilt originates from a different source. Through different



characters, Hawthorne and Miller display guilt and it's source to the reader. In both The



Scarlet Letter and The Crucible the use of relationships between a man and a woman are



used as a primary source......

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