Nathaniel Hawthorne and Arthur Millers?

Question

How are Nathaniel Hawthorne's and Arthur Miller's view on the Puritan society similar?

Answer 1

They both view it as unaccepting, and intorlable, but with good intentions. In both the Crucible and the Scarlet Letter, the puratins opress others, yet they had a bti of god in heart. They look negitivly upon the socity.

Answer 2

They both take similar lines that Puritan society is unyielding and unreasonable and in a sense, stuck in the past. These are not just novels about Puritan society but are social commentaries on their own times (specifically related to the McCarthy era in the case of "The Scarlet Letter").

Both show how these qualities are not only bad for the people invovled but for the society as a whole...

Answer 3

This is the best I can do for you, hope you find it useful.

Arthur Miller, 1915 – 2005. (The Crucible. )

http://www.answers.com/topic/arthur-miller

A Descriptive Chronology of His Plays, Theatrical Career, and Dramatic Theories

http://bingweb.binghamton.edu/~ccarpen/Miller.htm

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAmillerA.htm

http://www.ibiblio.org/miller/

These links on the Crucible will answer your questions.

http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/Crucible.html#Year

http://summarycentral.tripod.com/thecrucible.htm

http://education.yahoo.com/homework_help/cliffsnotes/the_crucible/

http://www.freebooknotes.com/book.php3?id=92

http://www.freebooknotes.com/page.php?link=http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/crucible/&book=92

http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monkeynotes/pmCrucible07.asp

http://www.freeessays.cc/db/10/book_reports/index.shtml


The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

I have found 11 summaries for you to look at, click the link below. I have included a short extract to give you a taste of what the reviews have to offer and they’re FREE..!!!

http://www.freebooknotes.com/book.php3?id=366

http://www.antistudy.com/search.php?title=The+Scarlet+Letter+

SYMBOLISM / MOTIFS / IMAGERY / SYMBOLS

The Scarlet Letter abounds with symbolism, which Hawthorne uses to unify the novel and add a deeper level of meaning to the story.

The Scarlet Letter "A"

The chief symbol in the novel is the scarlet letter "A", which openly symbolizes Hester's adultery. For Dimmesdale and Hester, the scarlet letter stands for agony, which Hester displays in her isolated life and which Dimmesdale displays in his deteriorating health. By the end of the novel, the townspeople think that Hester's scarlet "A" stands for Ability, for she has become a generous helper for the poor and downtrodden and a wise counselor for their problems.

http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monkeynotes/pmScarletLetter49.asp

http://www.literatureclassics.com/essays/695/

Novelist and short story writer, a central figure in the American Renaissance. Nathaniel Hawthorne's best-known works include THE SCARLET LETTER (1850) and THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES (1851). Like Edgar Allan Poe, Hawthorne took a dark view of human nature.

http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/hawthorn.htm

The Scarlet Letter

http://www.freeessays.cc/db/10/bwa311.shtml

Good luck.

Kevin, Liverpool, England.

Answer 4

Both wrote stories about the fear the purtian society had of sex and the legalism of the religion. They thought sex was only for procreation, not enjoyment. Also, both touched on the fact that woman who were independent or forward thinking, were often deemed heretics or witches.
Both the Crucible and the Scarlet Letter touched on the ignorance and fear surrounding sex, so I think this was a common view of both authors.