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Hester Prynne, Nathanial Hawthorne's character from his novel, The Scarlet Letter, and Abigail Williams, from "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller, have both committed a crime and they are both hated by their societies. However, there are also differences between the ....

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.... she would not get in trouble for her sin. Abigail's behavior and involvement of others created a more complex reason to judge her as less respectable of the two. Hester was not secretive about committing her crime as Abigail was. Abigail is even described as "an orphan with an endless capacity for dissembling" (page 9). This proves that she tried to cover up her actions. Hester did not try to hide the fact from the townspeople that she was pregnant; she only tried to conceal the identity of the father of her baby. Abigail, on the other hand, made sure that the citizens of Salem did not find out that she and her friends had been lying wh ....