Comparing Scarlet Letter And Moby Dick

In the novels The Scarlet Letter and Moby Dick, the two evil characters are Roger Chillingworth and Captain Ahab. They both possess similar disturbing characteristics. Both authors of these classic novels were able to intertwine malicious characters gracefully into the plot. Roger Chillingworth and Captain Ahab have similar personality traits; these similarities are made evident when comparing the Scarlet Letter and Moby Dick characters. In the novel The Scarlet Letter, Mr. Roger Chillingworth was a heinous character. He portrayed an obsession throughout the novel that caused misery to numerous characters. His secretive, pathetic attitude towards Dimmesdale killed the reverend mentally and physically. Roger Chillingworth seemed to leave a destructive path wherever he went. Chillingworth literally drove Dimmesdale to the brink of insanity. Roger Chillingworth had a vicious nature throughout the entire novel. He made it his life goal to make Dimmesdale feel guilty, which worked and it drove Dimmesdale to go insane. Chillingworth was a A person who sets a life goal to make someone feel guilty and drive them to go …show more content…
He also, like Chillingworth had an obsession throughout the novel. The only thing he thought about or talked about was killing the “white whale,” Moby Dick. Ahab had a very destructive mind set. He did not care who he hurt or killed, all he wanted “was to avenge the white whale” to be out of the ocean and out of his life. Captain Ahab also had a vicious nature to him. He made his whole crew sail out of the way to catch Moby Dick. Captain Ahab doing this killed himself and all of his crew members except for one. Lastly, Ahab just like Chillingworth. He had a family back home that he did not care to get back to. All he cared about was the whale that took his leg. Captain Ahab is the perfect example of evil, he just did not have the right mindset to just give it up and take one for the