Theme Of Chillingworth's Judgement In The Scarlet Letter

I agree with Hawthorne’s judgment of characters in the book “the Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne where the characters Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth, all has sinned due to different reasons and ways, however, Hawthorne depicts Chillingworth as the greatest sinner since his intentions were selfish and he had harmful motives whereas Hester’s and Dimmesdale’s sin was caused by passion and love. The reason I somewhat agree with Hawthorne’s judgment is because of the ways the sins were performed and later dealt with. Throughout the book, Hester is the only sinner who accepted her consequences which was wearing the letter “A” on her chest and she also dealt with judgment by society. Hester’s was a sinner due to her committing adultery with Dimmesdale. I believe that Hester is the least sinner since she dealt with her sin in a positive way and, even after the judgment and ridicule by the townspeople; she continued to contribute to the town by being a seamstress. …show more content…
Dimmesdale was the reverend to the puritan society in Boston, as reverend Dimmesdale job was to help other get over their sins, he was devoted to god and passionate about religion, however, Dimmesdale went against religion and committed adultery with Hester. In the book, what makes him a greater sinner than Hester is based on his actions that he performed after he had committed the sin; Dimmesdale unable to express to the puritan society caused self-harm both physically and mentally, and unlike Hester, Dimmesdale tries to hide from reality by going out only at nights and avoiding people. All in all, he would’ve been the greatest sinner in my opinion if he hadn’t he proved himself at the end of the book by confessing to the whole