Who Is Roger Chillingsworth's Judgment In The Scarlet Letter

In The Scarlet Letter, the Puritans had a judgmental view of the townspeople, and their actions. Hester Prynne and her husband Roger Chillingsworth lived a dull grey lifestyle, and as far as everyone knew, were just like every other person in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Hester Prynne was an ordinary seamstress who lived an uneventful life, and did not do anything out of the ordinary. Most of the people in the Massachusetts Bay Colony would live their normal lives and live day by day not expecting anything new to happen to them. Roger Chillingsworth traveled often, and would return to Hester in little to no time as usual. Chillingsworth was set to travel and return to Hester, but plans made were not kept. Roger Chillingsworth left for his voyage and ended up returning after a total time of two years. In the mean time, Helen was no the same woman she was before …show more content…
The Puritans should not have judged Hester and Dimmesdale, even though they made a mistake, Roger Chillingsworth was thought to be dead by everyone in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Roger Chillingsworth’s return was not what Hester was expecting, but in the end turned out to be perfect. The Puritans had no one else to judge once Pearl grew up from an imp of evil, into a happily married woman with children. Pearl’s story is what Hester always dreamed for, and secretly was jealous of, even though she would not admit it. Hester and Roger Chillingsworth’s story would have been completely different if he had never gone on his trip, or had not gotten captured by the Native Americans. If Roger Chillingsworth had never left, or had come back in time then Dimmesdale would never had been in the picture, Pearl would never had been born, Hester would not be wearing a scarlet letter on her bosom, and the Puritans would not have anyone to talk about every