Roger Chillingworth, a character in The Scarlet letter, is said to be evil (Sparknotes). The other characters in the books do not like or want him in the community. Poe explains what he would do and his philosophy on life.
Edgar Allen Poe is an author of chilling tales. He often wrote of the human psyche and the depth of dark human emotions (Online-Literature.com/poe). Poe liked to be along and was known to be sad. Assume that Poe was a psychiatrist and selected the character Roger Chillingworth, from the Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, to be his patient. What problems would Poe identify that Chillingworth had? What advice would Poe give to Chillingworth to solve his problems?
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Chillingworth suspects that Dimmesdale is the father of Pearl. He tortures Dimmesdale, intent upon revenge, and eventually the young priest dies. Once this happens Chillingworth has no other victim to torture. Hester states in Chapter 14 “He was kind, true, just and constant, if not warm affections”. As Chillingworth becomes obsessed with revenge she then states “You search his thoughts. You burrow and rankle in his heart! Your clutch is on his life, and you cause him to die daily a living death” (The Scarlet Letter). Dimmesdale is helpless over …show more content…
Many state that he has an obsession with death through illness, madness, and murder (adellevamericanlit.blogspot.com). In the Black Cat, the narrator states, “The fury of a demon instantly possessed me. I knew myself no longer. My original soul seemed, at once, to take its flight from my body; and a more then fiendish malevolence, gin-nurtured, thrilled every fiber of my frame” (Poe, The Black Cat). Poe tended to be obsessive with writing about desires to kill and become mad (www.ukessays.com/essays/english-literature/the-obsessive-compulsive-disorder-of-allan-poe-english-literature-essay.php). Poe died at the age of 40 and the “cause of his death is unknown but has been attributed to alcohol, brain congestion, cholera, drugs, heart disease, rabies, suicide, tuberculosis and other agents (Wikipedia, Edgar Allen
Edgar Allen Poe is an author of chilling tales. He often wrote of the human psyche and the depth of dark human emotions (Online-Literature.com/poe). Poe liked to be along and was known to be sad. Assume that Poe was a psychiatrist and selected the character Roger Chillingworth, from the Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, to be his patient. What problems would Poe identify that Chillingworth had? What advice would Poe give to Chillingworth to solve his problems?
Poe is a Gothic writer and express his sadness …show more content…
Chillingworth suspects that Dimmesdale is the father of Pearl. He tortures Dimmesdale, intent upon revenge, and eventually the young priest dies. Once this happens Chillingworth has no other victim to torture. Hester states in Chapter 14 “He was kind, true, just and constant, if not warm affections”. As Chillingworth becomes obsessed with revenge she then states “You search his thoughts. You burrow and rankle in his heart! Your clutch is on his life, and you cause him to die daily a living death” (The Scarlet Letter). Dimmesdale is helpless over …show more content…
Many state that he has an obsession with death through illness, madness, and murder (adellevamericanlit.blogspot.com). In the Black Cat, the narrator states, “The fury of a demon instantly possessed me. I knew myself no longer. My original soul seemed, at once, to take its flight from my body; and a more then fiendish malevolence, gin-nurtured, thrilled every fiber of my frame” (Poe, The Black Cat). Poe tended to be obsessive with writing about desires to kill and become mad (www.ukessays.com/essays/english-literature/the-obsessive-compulsive-disorder-of-allan-poe-english-literature-essay.php). Poe died at the age of 40 and the “cause of his death is unknown but has been attributed to alcohol, brain congestion, cholera, drugs, heart disease, rabies, suicide, tuberculosis and other agents (Wikipedia, Edgar Allen