“Chillingworth was the worst he tried to get revenge and kill someone!” “Dimmesdale is the worst, he was a minister and committed adultery.” “Pearls the worst she was a disrespectful kid.” These all sound like bad people but seriously, we all know Hester has got to be the worse character of them all. Hester is the reason everything happened, without Hester none of the other characters would have had any conflicts. If Hester did not go to the woods with Dimmesdale, or if she would have told him that she had a husband, there would not be any conflict in the story. If Hester never did any of this, Dimmesdale, Pearl, and Chillingworth would be living regular lives right now. Everyone of these characters did do bad things, but none of the things
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Chillingworth comes back to town and the first thing he hears is that Hester Pryne has committed adultery with an anonymous person. Keep in mind that Chillingworth is Hester’s husband and the first thing he hears when he gets back is that his wife has had an affair with some random person. After the big congregation, Hester and Chillingworth meant personally. Chillingworth demanded that Hester tell him who she cheated on him with, and she would not tell him. “It may be,” he replied, “because I will not encounter the dishonour that besmirches the husband of a faithless woman. It may be for other reasons. Enough, it is my purpose to live and die unknown. Let, therefore, thy husband be to the world as one already dead, and of whom no tidings shall ever come. Recognize me not, by word, by sign, by look! Breathe not the secret, above all, to the man thou wottest of. Shouldst thou fail me in this, beware! His fame,his position his life, will be in my hands. Beware!”(Hawthorne 71). Your husband should have the right to know why and who you cheated on him with. Like every human being, we realistically will want to get some payback on someone who just cheated on us. That is normal in society and should be expected and his idea of revenge was not extraordinarily wrong. Chillingworth still also had strong and emotional feelings for Hester, after all Chillingworth is the one who brought Hester to America for a better life. He
Chillingworth comes back to town and the first thing he hears is that Hester Pryne has committed adultery with an anonymous person. Keep in mind that Chillingworth is Hester’s husband and the first thing he hears when he gets back is that his wife has had an affair with some random person. After the big congregation, Hester and Chillingworth meant personally. Chillingworth demanded that Hester tell him who she cheated on him with, and she would not tell him. “It may be,” he replied, “because I will not encounter the dishonour that besmirches the husband of a faithless woman. It may be for other reasons. Enough, it is my purpose to live and die unknown. Let, therefore, thy husband be to the world as one already dead, and of whom no tidings shall ever come. Recognize me not, by word, by sign, by look! Breathe not the secret, above all, to the man thou wottest of. Shouldst thou fail me in this, beware! His fame,his position his life, will be in my hands. Beware!”(Hawthorne 71). Your husband should have the right to know why and who you cheated on him with. Like every human being, we realistically will want to get some payback on someone who just cheated on us. That is normal in society and should be expected and his idea of revenge was not extraordinarily wrong. Chillingworth still also had strong and emotional feelings for Hester, after all Chillingworth is the one who brought Hester to America for a better life. He