Hypocrisy In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne shows significant and essential details of the Puritan society in the 17th century. The essence of chapter 10 ending is related to the theme of hypocrisy as it describes Roger Chillingworth’s evil attitude toward Arthur Dimmesdale, who is in love with Hester Prynne. When Dimmesdale falls into a deep sleep at noon-day, Chillingworth comes into the room and look Dimmesdale’s hidden chest. Chillingworth is known as an intelligent and warm physician in the community, however, his mind is totally changed because of anger against the adultery between Hester and Dimmesdale. Although Dimmesdale mostly attempts to hide from Chillingworth one of his feelings which brings him sickness, Chillingworth recognizes
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When he takes Dimmesdale’s clothing off and identifies the scarlet letter of “A”, Chillingworth decides that he will be no longer helping for Dimmesdale and bring him into a worse condition physiologically and mentally as his revenge. Before Chillingworth finds out the letter, he communicates to people nicely and loved by them in the society, but since then, he reveals his real personality which is malevolent and used to be hidden by him. People are supposed to be perfect and followers of the rules in the Puritan society, so Hester and Dimmesdale are treated as the definition of ignominy. However, Chillingworth is a person who is much eviler than them and should be ashamed of himself because of his attitude toward the care of Dimmesdale whose condition is in decay. Some of the biggest ideas are evil and the sin which is from the scarlet letter of “A”, thus the ending of the chapter totally belongs to the entire story of The Scarlet Letter. At this moment, Chillingworth becomes totally distinct from what he used to be and his outlook on things is also different. In next chapters of the book, Chillingworth would get more satanic, since the ending of chapter 10 is just the beginning and turning point to show true personality of him to the public in the Puritan community, and
When he takes Dimmesdale’s clothing off and identifies the scarlet letter of “A”, Chillingworth decides that he will be no longer helping for Dimmesdale and bring him into a worse condition physiologically and mentally as his revenge. Before Chillingworth finds out the letter, he communicates to people nicely and loved by them in the society, but since then, he reveals his real personality which is malevolent and used to be hidden by him. People are supposed to be perfect and followers of the rules in the Puritan society, so Hester and Dimmesdale are treated as the definition of ignominy. However, Chillingworth is a person who is much eviler than them and should be ashamed of himself because of his attitude toward the care of Dimmesdale whose condition is in decay. Some of the biggest ideas are evil and the sin which is from the scarlet letter of “A”, thus the ending of the chapter totally belongs to the entire story of The Scarlet Letter. At this moment, Chillingworth becomes totally distinct from what he used to be and his outlook on things is also different. In next chapters of the book, Chillingworth would get more satanic, since the ending of chapter 10 is just the beginning and turning point to show true personality of him to the public in the Puritan community, and