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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
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.... in order to gain
inner peace. Dimmesdale has been tortured by himself as well as
Chillingworth. Chillingworth felt the need to torture the man who
committed adultery with Hester, his wife. Dimmesdale felt guilty for not
confessing his crime when Hester was on the scaffold. The only way he
could remove this guilt was to confess his crime, and ruin his reputation
with the townspeople. Even though he died almost immediately after his
confession, he ....
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