What Is The Role Of Injustice In The Scarlet Letter

The popular classic book “The Scarlet Letter”, A place in the Puritan world, which outlines the effect of injustice in a variety of methods. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s story of “The Scarlet Letter” disputes between originality and conformity by using Hester Prynne to represent those who oppose hope as intact. Arthur Miller explores a comparable domain to the book “The Scarlet Letter” since in both book’s characters are discriminated against the region. The characters who include the devil, or act of adultery their punishment would be led to death. Arthur Miller’s purpose to indicate the cause for the Salem witch trials and the hysteria that we lean on to misplace our minds when it comes to fear.

The play states for anyone who lived in a civilized society where accusing people and the judgment

conducted to refusal and penalty. Specifically when Abigail stated “ I never knew what pretense Salem was, I never knew the lying lessons, I was taught by all these christian women and their convented men!” in other words its expressing how everyone has two sides to them. On the inside is wicked and the outside is morality. More importantly, it reveals the hate for Salem Abigail has and she wants revenge. On the topic of accusing people Abigail, accused Elizabeth Proctor for damaging her name in the village, when she claimed “she is blackening my name in the village! She is telling lies about me! She is cold, sniveling women, and you bend to
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her!”. Abigail in that moment furthermore admitted her love/desire for Elizabeth Proctors husband and their affair together.
Through act 2 the possible outcome is neither Reverend Hale or Mary Warren will stand up for what they know to be true. By trying to keep themselves out of trouble they hurt others around them, and the witch trails will continue. By act 2 Giles says “ And yet silent minister? It is fraud, you know its fraud! What keeps you, man?” ( Miller 1309). Giles is pleading with Reverend to stand up for Elizabeth, but Hale knows he would be questioned if he did something out of the ordinary. Thus, John Proctor goes to the court to expose Abigail. In this so, he is attempting to prove his love for Elizabeth. However, the plan backfires and no one in the town believes him. Then, Abigail accuses both Elizabeth and Proctor of witchcraft, and uses outburst as proof. while proctor goes to Mary “ what work you do! Its strange work for a christian girl to hang old women!” (Miller 1297). Proctor is telling Mary what she is doing at the court is wrong, but Mary believes she is doing the right thing. In act 3, Marry Warren tried to expose Abigail and the girls, but the judge did not believe her. Eventually it all became too much of a burden to bear, and she accused John of witchcraft and she asked Abigail for forgiveness. Screaming and begging “ Abby, Ill never hurt you more…” ( Miller 1338). Mary no longer can be an individual against Abigail and the other girls, so she pretends that she was a victim in everything as to not get herself in trouble. Later in the play John is owning up to his affair with Abigail. “ I have known her sir, I have known her” ( Miller 1333). His conformity is to do the right thing and save his family.
During act 4 it conducted with John Proctor being taken to the gibbet after standing up for what he believed in, even if it meant he would die.

Proctor doesn't feel

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right about selling out the other innocent prisoners to save himself, he feels as if he's betraying them. Such as when Proctor says “ you will not use me! I am no Sarah good or Titubia, I am John Proctor! you will not use me…” ( Miller 1356). At the end of the play John is taken away to the gallows after he refuses to sign the confession, because he feels like that is the right and moral thing to do. “ He were not hanged. He would not answer aye or nay to his indictment…” (Miller 1352). Elizabeth explained how the court wanted him to confess of witchcraft. Instead, he died standing for himself.

Auther Miller’s Purpose to indicate the cause for the Salem witch trails and the hysteria that we lean to misplace our minds when it comes to fear. Millers regard to humanity’s flaw of conformity is how we question our religious profit. Millers Play is an allegory because people were being communists, and killed. If losing our minds meant to lead us to death, then why lose it in the first

place?