The character Roger Chillingworth in The Scarlet Letter is an interesting antagonist. The main sin he committed was revenge, which could have been played out more than it was. The revenge preoccupying him from the start of the novel to the end of the novel. Chillingworth’s progress throughout the story is him going from a neutral character, to one considered a fiend in the story. Chillingworth being a fiend, then conceives most of the characters in the story to hate him. Empathizing with Chillingworth varies from reader to reader, from each person’s different experiences throughout life. Indeed Chillingworth may be a deeper character than what was
