Discuss the similarities and differences of Miller and Hawthorne's use of language in 'The Crucible' and 'The Scarlet Letter'. You should include in your answer reference to the importance of genre.

Whilst The Crucible and The Scarlet Letter are two works of different genre, their accede matters are very similar; they both explore the effects of the restrictive nature of the Puritanical society portray in 17th Century America. Interestingly, they both share common devices and styles, in that biblical diction is present in both, as is crude(a) language. However, the language used by Miller and Hawthorne is chosen to mull their interpretations and opinions of the events discussed, and there are inevitably several contrasts in their approaches, curiously to the characters dialogue.

As The Crucible is a play, it is concerned mostly with dialogue, save Millers various informative interludes, whilst The Scarlet Letter is a novel and makes use of descriptive, figurative and representative language, al kelvingh dialogue is still present. When deciding how to write his dialogue, Miller analyse the transcripts of the Salem trials in order to gain an insight into the grammatic forms and the dialects used at the time. He decided their accent to be Northumbrian, or perhaps Scottish, though I feel that the odd frequency of subjunctive verb forms; There be no rose about my name and That were only soup implies a West-Country or Yorkshire accent.



In contrast, Hawthorne looked to the James I authorised edition of the rule book and the language of Shakespeare to produce the dialogue in The Scarlet Letter. This is show by the use of the intimate and familiar pronoun thou; If thou feelest it to be for thy souls peace and that thy earthly punishment will thereby be made more effectual to salvation... which is not present in The Crucible.

Biblical references are present in the speech of characters from both pieces, reflecting the importance given to the teachings of the Bible in Puritan societies. In The Crucible, Elizabeth exclaims, Where...

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