Dimmesdale and Chillingworth both have secrets that make them look and act differently, their secrets affect their character and how they do their job. Dimmesdale is the father of Pearl but he doesn 't want to face the same humiliation as Hester did for his sins. Because of his secret he self punishes and fasts, he also preaches better than he did before although his health is failing. Chillingworth’s secret is that he was the husband of Hester while he was away, before she cheated on him. Chillingworth gets uglier and uglier driven by the need to get revenge on Pearl’s father.
A person’s outward appearance often influences the way others perceive their character. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, Roger Chillingworth arrives in the colony to find that his wife, Hester, is being punished for extramarital relations. As the storyline continues, Chillingworth acts as the colony’s physician, becoming very close to Dimmesdale and Hester Prynne. Consequently, Chillingworth’s desire for revenge guided his appearance and interactions with Hester Prynne and Dimmesdale, ultimately altering his character.
Within a work of literature there may exists a pair of characters that rely on each other to express their traits in full. They are called foil and Arthur Dimmesdale and Robert Chillingworth are an example of this. Although the story centers around Hester there exists struggle between other individuals. Hawthorne wonderfully alludes to the doctrine of Satan accusing the sinner using these two characters and bring forth a suspenseful conflict. This is also called a juxtapose since they wonderfully contrast showing the extremes of character.
Roger Chillingworth, a fake name used to disguise himself as being of relation to Hester Pryne, is none other than the vampire discussed in How To Read Literature Like A Professor. Chillingworth is, truth be told, Hester Pryne’s husband. He careers an aura of danger, mystery, and attractiveness. Commonly the victims of the ‘vampire’ are pretty, helpless young women. The person playing the victim in the case of The Scarlet Letter is Arthur Dimmesdale, a young man that is in fact helpless thanks to a new found sickness that has evolved in his system.
The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, uses the relentless character, Mr. Roger Chillingworth, to describe the result of being resentful and unforgiving to his wife’s secret lover, Reverend Dimmesdale. Chillingworth is the character who represents the definition of evil in the novel. The Scarlet Letter also vividly describes how Chillingworth became self-absorbed with vengeance and how vengeance changed him for the worst. Throughout the novel, The Scarlet Letter gives evidence of a clear picture of a life consumed by vengeance resulting in obsession over committing evil acts which leads to Chillingworth self-destruction. In the Scarlet Letter the definition of vengeance based off of Chillingworth’s character is the act of recovering
In the book “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Roger Chillingworth is the husband of the main character Hester Prynne. Hester, however, has had an affair and become pregnant with a local pastor’s(Arthur Dimmesdale’s) child. Roger, enraged that she has cheated on him and had a child, and is determined to find the father. Throughout the novel, he gets more and more obsessed with finding the father, so when the pastor dies-and Roger no longer has a target of his rage-he dies a year later. At the time of his death, he gives all his money to Pearl, Hester’s child, in what seems to be a ploy to redeem himself in his final moments.
In the novel The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne tackles the issue of hiding sins by using Dimmesdale and Chillingworth as pawns to portray his view on sinful secrets. Dimmesdale’s main argument relies on divine powers, while Chillingworth focuses on nature in his argument. Dimmesdale argues that sometimes people want to confess their sins, but cannot because they fear they won’t be able to redeem themselves, so instead of confessing, they just leave their secrets for the divine powers to reveal. While Dimmesdale and Chillingworth are talking about the man from the grave, Dimmesdale points out the fact that “‘he earnestly desired [to reveal his sin] but could not’“ (123). He is able to state that so easily because the man he is actually
Obsession warps minds and makes the obsessor blind to the possible, or even the current, consequences. Nathaniel Hawthorne shows the negative effects of obsession through the character Roger Chillingworth, widely recognized as the villain of The Scarlet Letter. Roger Chillingworth shows how obsession entirely destroys the human soul by inspiring extreme actions, wasting away the body, and clouding the mind;
“One of the many steps in order to accomplish a positive vibe in your life is to cease dwelling on the negative thoughts and memories from your past, and to quit limiting your potential by pondering on what you’ve done poorly”, as my mother repeatedly told me. In the Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne sets out his main characters to reveal the different aspects of an individual that may occur when placed in difficult situations. Hawthorne’s main characters: Hester, Dimmesdale, and Chillingworth, each take a different pathway in the method that they would set free themselves from their prisons. Hawthorne presents Chillingworth as the greatest sinner because Chillingworth sought for evilness without admitting to fault, and commits most of the seven deadly sins until the end of his days. In the beginning, Chillingworth desires to seek revenge, and fills his soul with wrath.
The Puritan definition of truth was the word of God or every verse contained in the scripture, and the truth is believed to be “the self-expression of God”. Puritans took the word of God very serious and depended on it for their life lessons. In The Scarlet Letter Roger Chillingworth identifies Mr. Dimmesdale’s faults and want to uncover the secret that’s destroying him inside. Chillingworth makes it his purpose to find the truth. Chillingworth has an opportunity to do so while Dimmesdale is asleep from the drugs that Chillingworth gave him.
As the husband of an unfaithful spouse, Roger Chillingworth had every reason to release his rage upon his spouse’s lover―even if it means to lose control and following the devil’s path as his emissary. The novel, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, explores the story of Chillingworth’s wife, Hester Prynne, as she is required to express herself through a bright red “A” embroidered on her clothing. Although Chillingworth is not the main character of the novel, his symbolism as “the black man,” references to a leech, and correlation with the theme of revenge proves his significance in the story as if it was the last piece of a puzzle to complete. To thoroughly understand Roger Chillingworth, this essays analyzes how his actions has affected
We learned that over the last 40 years the police department of the City of Miami and Miami- Dade County have experienced their share of civil disturbances. To illustrate, there have four cases of race riots between both police departments which led to innovation to be involved in their pursuits to better their responses. These were the race riots in 1968, the Liberty City Riot, 1980, the McDuffie Riot, 1982 Luis Alvarez Riots, and 1989 Loranzo Riots within the Liberty City over town areas. However, the article stated that these riots were resulted by either police shooting of young black men, or thanks to the federal government the deporting of a young Cuban boy. Thus, it was not until the civil arrest of the 1980’s McDuffie Riot which seemed
It is safe to assume that every human being has had to endure certain plights in their lifetime, some resulting easier to move on from than others; however, it’s how one manages to address these difficult situations that defines whether one survives and continues living plentifully, or withers in their own misery. In The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Roger Chillingworth arrives to the young North American colony of Boston to find his wife, Hester Prynne, on trial for adultery, carrying the progeny of her sin, Pearl, in her arms. Shortly after the trial, he sets out to annihilate Pearl’s father, Arthur Dimmesdale, which transforms him into something he himself had never believed to become. Roger Chillingworth is initially perceived as a respected, wise and penitent physician; however, as he seeks revenge against Dimmesdale, he solely dedicates himself to see the young magistrate suffer for his sin and loses his humane characteristics, leading him to feel empty and with lack of purpose after Dimmesdale’s death, which
In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Roger Chillingworth is one of the principal antagonists. His spite triggers him to pursue vengeance. He is a despicable character. He goes through drastic character changes throughout the novel. He develops from a kind scholar to a symbol of evil.
His novel The Scarlet Letter expresses this very idea by exposing the follies of mankind and the potentially detrimental effects of sin through Hester Prynne, Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth
