Chillingworth: a sinful man
From the beginning of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel The Scarlet Letter, RogerChillingworth is a man that is capable of love, and slowly emerges into a man that is capable of evil. Chillingworth’s first initial sin is marrying Hester who was a generation younger than him. His second sin is betraying Minister Dimmesdale. In this case of Roger Chillingworth, two sins control his destiny. Chillingworth’s first sin causes Hester to be unhappy. Her unhappiness was due to the mismatched matrimony. Chillingworth then says: “I ask not wherefore, no how, thou hast fallen into the pit, or say, rather, thou hast ascended to the pedestal of infamy on which I found thee. The reason is not far to seek. It was my folly, and thy weakness” (78). He is trying to say that he does not blame her for committing the sins. He blames himself because he never gave her affection and he was the one that caused her to commit adultery. I think it was Hester’s fault for committing her sin, because she is responsible for her own actions. Chillingworth represses his inborn emotional respons
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Approximate Word count = 745
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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