I believe my own experience relates to the time when Hester Prynne committed adultery with Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale in the text of Nathaniel Hawthorne. My uncle’s ex-wife committed adultery with a man and had his child. I know the effects that it has on the husband in this sort of situation. I can have a connection with Roger Chillingworth because I saw what my uncle went through. In the book The Scarlet Letter, there are a lot of emotions that come with Hester’s sin and these events can also become a reality.
In the beginning of the book, Hawthorne gives the reader information that Roger Chillingworth returned to the New England town after being held captive by Indians. He did not know that he would soon discover that his wife Hester Prynne had committed adultery. Imagine coming home after seven years just to find your beloved wife standing upon a scaffold with a child. Chillingworth must have had emotions of anger and confusion during this time. My uncle had a similar experience to this. He had already had two children with his wife and was living what seemed to be a happy life. Soon after he found out, he decided to raise the child with her. Twelve years later she filed for divorce leaving …show more content…
Obviously he was angered and upset but he did not resort to violence. I am proud to say that though my uncle knew that he was wronged, he did not concave to temptations. Chillingworth tried to poison Hester with a drink when he visited her in prison. She was knowledgeable about his intentions and did not proceed to drink out of the glass that was offered to her. I believe my uncle’s faith in the Lord helped him through this situation. Although the book never directly states if Chillingworth was a believer or not, I believe it could have assisted him to make more intelligent decisions. His atrocious decisions did not stop
In the beginning of the book, Hawthorne gives the reader information that Roger Chillingworth returned to the New England town after being held captive by Indians. He did not know that he would soon discover that his wife Hester Prynne had committed adultery. Imagine coming home after seven years just to find your beloved wife standing upon a scaffold with a child. Chillingworth must have had emotions of anger and confusion during this time. My uncle had a similar experience to this. He had already had two children with his wife and was living what seemed to be a happy life. Soon after he found out, he decided to raise the child with her. Twelve years later she filed for divorce leaving …show more content…
Obviously he was angered and upset but he did not resort to violence. I am proud to say that though my uncle knew that he was wronged, he did not concave to temptations. Chillingworth tried to poison Hester with a drink when he visited her in prison. She was knowledgeable about his intentions and did not proceed to drink out of the glass that was offered to her. I believe my uncle’s faith in the Lord helped him through this situation. Although the book never directly states if Chillingworth was a believer or not, I believe it could have assisted him to make more intelligent decisions. His atrocious decisions did not stop