reading the Scarlet Letter. Roger Chillingworth is Hester Prynne’s husband. He is a physician‚ but he is not your ordinary friendly doctor. Chillingworth works for "the Black Man" and tortures what we learn later to be Hester’s "baby daddy"‚ who is also a minister for the local church‚ Reverend Dimmesdale. Your hatred doesn’t develop after reading the first chapter. Your opinion is formed steadily‚ and your anger grows more intensely. Chillingworth is the most hated character in the Scarlet Letter because
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Roger Chillingworth‚ unlike Dimmesdale and Hester‚ is a flat character. While he develops from a kind man into an obsessed fiend‚ he is less of a character and more of a symbol for doing the devil’s bidding. Once he comes to Boston‚ we see him only in situations that involve his obsession with vengeance‚ where we learn a great deal about him. Even when he is better dressed‚ Chillingworth is not attractive. He is small‚ thin‚ and slightly deformed‚ with one shoulder higher than the other. Although
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escaped me!”-Chillingworth says. Throughout the course of the Scarlet Letter many of the characters suffer personal struggle and make choices that affect the lives of others. All characters experience this but one such character is Roger Chillingworth or Mr. Prynne‚ as he is also known. The choices and character changes of Roger Chillingworth will be explained throughout this essay. The first point is about Chillingworth’s main conflict in the story. His wife Hester Prynne‚ a main character is an adulterer
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Hester Prynne - Hester is the book’s protagonist and the wearer of the scarlet letter. The letter‚ a patch of fabric fit as a fiddle of "A‚" implies that Hester is a "adulterer." As a young lady‚ Hester wedded an elderly man‚ Chillingworth‚ who sent her ahead to America to live yet never tailed her. While waiting for him‚ she engaged in extramarital relations with a Puritan pastor named Dimmesdale‚ after which she brought forth Pearl her daughter. She meets both her spouse and her significant other
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Chapter IX‚ pages 121-127‚ of The Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne gives the reader better insight as to who truly is "Roger Chillingworth‚" and his effect on Boston ’s beloved Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. By renaming himself upon his arrival in Boston‚ Massachusetts‚ Roger Chillingworth has concealed his past from everyone in the community except Hester Prynne‚ his young wife whom had arrived years earlier than him in the New World. It has been described how‚ in the crowd that
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In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel The Scarlet Letter‚ the character of Roger Chillingworth was transformed from a well educated scholar into a fallen‚ unrighteous man. Roger Chillingworth was once kind‚ then becomes the symbol of vengeance‚ and finally becomes the personification of vengeance to the extent of losing his humanity. Roger Chillingworth (Prynne)‚ a “kind‚ but never warm hearted man‚” was not always a vengeful and diabolical creature‚ but once he lusted after the idea of love and kindness
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The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne emphasizes the sin present in early Puritan society by following the lives a three people who commit major sins. Of those three‚ each one experiences different amounts of remorse‚ penance‚ and guilt; but the person that felt none of these was Roger Chillingworth. Roger Chillingworth is the greatest sinner in the Scarlet Letter because of his drive for revenge‚ lack of guilt‚ and infliction of pain onto others. Roger Chillingworth has a strong‚ well-rooted
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or my analysis I decided to do the character Roger Chillingworth. In The Scarlet Letter Chillingworth is a rather mysterious character that claims to be a physician. He is an older person‚ and is described as having a sharp stare‚ with a scholarly look. Chillingworth is a well educated person; having read upon many subjects‚ and has a strong protective nature. He also has a deep interest in the well being of his family‚ and cares about his adoptive child. Chillingworth is caring and kind; however
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Roger Chillingworth is The Scarlett Letter’s main antagonist and is seemingly the embodiment of evil. With every mention of the character‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne never fails to dictate the monstrosity’s decrepit mental and physical states. His descriptions tend to err on the side of obscene and force his readers to think of the character in such a way. To other characters‚ Chillingworth’s presence is something to be loathed. Through Hawthorn’s literary craft‚ Chillingworth’s role in the novel is increasingly
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Worth Revenge can take a person’s life over. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ Roger Chillingworth begins seeking revenge and becomes completely obsessed with getting what he wants. Roger Chillingworth seeks his revenge on Arthur Dimmesdale. Roger Chillingworth is taken over by revenge; ultimately resulting in the physical and mental decay of his body and soul. In the opening of the novel Roger Chillingworth deformities are not as noticeable‚ but his deformities increase in size. He
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