Scarlet letter 2
In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth are both physically and emotionally affected by the events which took place in their lives. During the course of the story, all three of the characters are disturbed by their pasts which are affecting their present lives and future. Hester is the only character that can not hide her mistake due to her pregnancy. Although, she can hide who the father of her child is, Dimmesdale. The mistakes of these three characters lead to painful choices and decisions though out the story. Hester Prynne, a beautiful young woman sent to the Puritan Colony by her husband, was a victim of such painful tragedies. Hester becomes attracted to a fellow colonist, has an affair, and bears a child out of wedlock. She refuses to reveal who the child's father is, so she must bear her punishment alone. She is forced to take the town's ridicule and must wear at all times a scarlet letter "A," which iden
Roger Chillingworth is another character guilty of lying and keeping a terrible secret. He is Hester's husband, a physician, and a scholar. Chillingworth told no one that he was Hester's husband out of shame. He becomes Dimmesdale's friend and doctor, and secretly plays on his sense of guilt over his actions towards Hester. Chillingworth alsodisturbs Hester and Dimmesdale's plans to sail to England alone with Pearl. Chillingworth's intentions are evil. His appearance even begins to resemble his satanic personallity as time progresses. "In a word, old Roger Chillingworth was a striking evidence of man's faculty of transforming himself into a devil, if he will only, for a reasonable space of time, undertake a devil's office (page 166)." Dimmesdale, a saintly but physically weak and nervous man, is Pearl's father. He is forced to keep this a secret in fear of lawful punishment like Hester. He must deal with the overwhelming guilt of his actions towards Hester. "His [Dimmesdal
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