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Trials of Her Sins 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 two characters. Hester Prynne is the more respectable Puritan woman of the two because she did not commit as many sins as Abigail did, she was not as secretive about it, …

…Puritan woman because of their sins, but of the two, Hester should be considered more honorable. If these women acted today as they did 300 years ago, they would be judged much differently. No one would be hanged, no one would have to suffer public humiliation, and it probably would not matter if the whole town knew about it. Regardless of the time era, the trial of Hester's sins compared to Abigail's made her more respectable.