How is it possible for two completely different characters in a story to form similarities? On occasions, these two characters can be the antagonists and protagonists, or even some of the more static characters that do less to influence the direction of the story. Dimmesdale and Chillingworth, two of the characters from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, would be an excellent example of this. Furthermore, Dimmesdale is a pastor that communes for the local community and has done something wrong with his feeling of power. Accordingly, Chillingworth is a married man that left his wife for the native Indians, coming back just in time to see his wife has sinned just as he has. How can Chillingworth and Dimmesdale, characters with conflicting
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Dimmesdale was one of which to graduate from “one of the great English universities, bringing all the learning of the age into our wild forest-land.” (The Recognition, pg.46) He was on the defense when defending for Hester, unknown at the time to the reader as his lover. Moreover, even Chillingworth had a portion of an education, even though it was only from what he read. He is considered as " 'a man of thought, --the book-worm of great libraries, a man already in decay, having given my best years to feed the hungry dream of knowledge.' " (The Interview, pg.51) But even those books couldn’t decipher whom his wife’s child belonged …show more content…
They both are quite fond for Hester Prynne, both of whom sinned against her. These men were given at least some form of education, whether in the correct direction or not. These characters are written by Nathaniel Hawthorne to be polar-opposites, completely different; but just as you can travel east as long as your heart intends to, every character will have similarities to other characters in the story. Some of these scenarios may be more vivid than others, but they are always there. “ ‘...Let me now do the will which he hath made plain before my sight. ...’ ” (The Revelation of the Scarlet Letter, pg.
Dimmesdale was one of which to graduate from “one of the great English universities, bringing all the learning of the age into our wild forest-land.” (The Recognition, pg.46) He was on the defense when defending for Hester, unknown at the time to the reader as his lover. Moreover, even Chillingworth had a portion of an education, even though it was only from what he read. He is considered as " 'a man of thought, --the book-worm of great libraries, a man already in decay, having given my best years to feed the hungry dream of knowledge.' " (The Interview, pg.51) But even those books couldn’t decipher whom his wife’s child belonged …show more content…
They both are quite fond for Hester Prynne, both of whom sinned against her. These men were given at least some form of education, whether in the correct direction or not. These characters are written by Nathaniel Hawthorne to be polar-opposites, completely different; but just as you can travel east as long as your heart intends to, every character will have similarities to other characters in the story. Some of these scenarios may be more vivid than others, but they are always there. “ ‘...Let me now do the will which he hath made plain before my sight. ...’ ” (The Revelation of the Scarlet Letter, pg.