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Question: The Crucible or The Scarlet Letter!?
My teacher is letting us choose between the play "The Crucible" or the book "The Scarlet Letter"!. Which book would you guys recommend!? Www@QuestionHome@Com


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the scarlet letter is such a classic but very dull and out of date!.
the crucible is out of date too, but about the salem witch trials, so interesting!.!.!.
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The Scarlet Letter - it is a classic that has tested time!. also you can more easily have different generations to compare here, so answer-writing might get a little easier later during your course!. You might also find (guessing) more help on The Scarlet Letter on Internet than The Crucible!. And The Scarlet Letter is a free book being a classic (in public domain), The Crucible is not!. So I would say, go for The Scarlet Letter!. Today it might be a little bit of more pain (little dull to read) but tomorrow you might find some extra gains!.

Here is The Scarlet Letter (Hawthorne's page):
http://webliterature!.net/literature/Hawt!.!.!.
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both are fairly similar to analyze
the crucible, i think is more one dimensional of ways to deal with sin, scattered with a few other themes/motifs, but it's definitely easier to read and understand and shorter =] the movie is really similar to the book
the scarlett letter has basically all the themes you can think of and more!. i like to use it for theme related essays for AP classes and def!. works for any other english class!. there are far more symbolic aspects of it, including all the characters!. i actually liked it better than the crucible, but then again reading it is more time consuming and it requires more in depth investigation of all the symbols because there are so many of them!.

so basically it just comes down to the assignment and how long you have to do it!. if it's short and doesnt require too many themes, go with the crucible!.!.!.!.but anything more choose the scarlett letter
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this one is HARD!. they are both extremely good novels!. the crucible is about the salem which hunt trials > there's a lot of betrayal and crazy antics in this one!.

the scarlet letter is about a woman's trials after she commits adultery and her lover's struggle with his secret!.

you should read both of them!!Www@QuestionHome@Com

I Loved the Crucible!

I was a little sad at the ending but it was good!. John Proctor is such a strong character!. It'll also give you a lot of themes to write about for essays, which she most likely will have!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

The Crucible - it is not nearly as boring as The Scarlet LetterWww@QuestionHome@Com

The Crucible definitely!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

i would recommend the crucibleWww@QuestionHome@Com