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Essay Archive - The Crucible and The Scarlet Letter: Proctor and Dimmesdale's Sacrifices
The Crucible and The Scarlet Letter: Proctor and Dimmesdale's Sacrifices
In many works of literature, a character makes a sacrifice that can
affect his life in order to achieve something more important. In the play
The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, the character John Proctor sacrifices his
life, while in the novel The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorn, the
character Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, sacrifices his reputation. Both
characters, Proctor and Dimmesdale, respectively, gained something more
important than their life and reputation.
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