"What evil have I done the man?" asked Roger Chillingworth again.”(Hawthorne, 141) Chillingworth has an urge to ruin Hester if it’s the last thing he does. "Hadst thou sought the whole earth over," said he, looking darkly at the clergyman, "there was no one place so secret, —no high place nor lowly place, where thou couldst have escaped me,--save on this very scaffold!"(Hawthorne, 175) Chillingworth does not show the appearance that he is there to take revenge on Hester. In conclusion, this idea of appearances being deceiving outwards is true for the characters Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth. Hester even though “committed” a sin, was alway a kind and helpful person. Dimmesdale is the minister of the town and everyone assumes he would do no sin however he did, he kept a secret that he is Pearl’s father. Also,
Chillingworth worth gave the idea that he was a physician but he was there to seek revenge on Hester because he thinks she has been unfaithful to him. These characters in this novel proves that the outwards appearance is