Chillingworth’s Revenge and Destruction of Dimmesdale and Hester
One Villain
The Scarlet Letter takes place during the 17th century amid the Puritans of Boston. The Puritans had left The Church of England because they felt that the church had become too liberal in their thinking. As a result the plot of The Scarlet Letter is even more intense relative to the adultery and the revenge of the villainous character of Roger Prynne “Chillingworth” set among the very religious Puritans of Boston. There are even some similarities to religion relative to Chillingworth actually being the devil or devil like.
Chillingworth’s character’s history is not well detailed to know if he had an evil nature prior to his marriage to Hester Prynne. What we do know is he felt lucky to marry someone as beautiful and smart as she was and this may have magnified his feelings for revenge when she cheated on him with Dimmesdale. Roger Prynne was a well-educated, wealthy man and presumably not a villainous husband. Hester Prynne seems to have had nothing in her background that would lead her to commit a sin against her husband and religion although something must have been wrong for her to have had an affair …show more content…
Dimmesdale’s health gets so bad that Chillingworth moves in to live with him to “take care” of the sick man; however it is really to continue his psychological torture. It is only through luck that Chillingworth sees the “A” on Dimmesdale’s chest and guesses that he is Hester’s lover and Pearl’s father. In addition to the torture inflicted by Chillingworth on Dimmesdale, Dimmesdale is also punishing himself physically and mentally. Both men become weak as time goes by. Maybe a weird sort of revenge of their religious surroundings that God imposes his own punishment and torture for sins and disregard for
One Villain
The Scarlet Letter takes place during the 17th century amid the Puritans of Boston. The Puritans had left The Church of England because they felt that the church had become too liberal in their thinking. As a result the plot of The Scarlet Letter is even more intense relative to the adultery and the revenge of the villainous character of Roger Prynne “Chillingworth” set among the very religious Puritans of Boston. There are even some similarities to religion relative to Chillingworth actually being the devil or devil like.
Chillingworth’s character’s history is not well detailed to know if he had an evil nature prior to his marriage to Hester Prynne. What we do know is he felt lucky to marry someone as beautiful and smart as she was and this may have magnified his feelings for revenge when she cheated on him with Dimmesdale. Roger Prynne was a well-educated, wealthy man and presumably not a villainous husband. Hester Prynne seems to have had nothing in her background that would lead her to commit a sin against her husband and religion although something must have been wrong for her to have had an affair …show more content…
Dimmesdale’s health gets so bad that Chillingworth moves in to live with him to “take care” of the sick man; however it is really to continue his psychological torture. It is only through luck that Chillingworth sees the “A” on Dimmesdale’s chest and guesses that he is Hester’s lover and Pearl’s father. In addition to the torture inflicted by Chillingworth on Dimmesdale, Dimmesdale is also punishing himself physically and mentally. Both men become weak as time goes by. Maybe a weird sort of revenge of their religious surroundings that God imposes his own punishment and torture for sins and disregard for