Roger chillingworth in the scarlet letter

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The changes Roger Chillingworth undergoes in The Scarlet Letter

A harmless elderly man keen on helping a minister with his mental and physical

problems, changes in a heartbeat to hatred and tormenting revenge. Many people who

have read The Scarlet Letter can most likely guess instantly that the man being talked

about is Roger Chillingworth. Some may even be able to go into detail about what type of

changes he goes through in the story, including his physical appearance ; the types of

things he says ; what his motivation really is ; what other characters say about him ; and

even what Hawthorne himself says. This explains Roger Chillingworth's transformation

from a kind physician into a vengeful demon.

Roger's physical appearance gives the reader a very good understanding what he's

thinking and what he is intent on doing. To begin with, his small, frail body gives an idea

of his age, and how "weak " he may be, yet he has an aura of intelligence surrounding him

that takes away the elderly feeling and adds a wise one. This is brought out within his

face, which, as I said before, surprisingly, doesn't make him look too old. And even

though his features denote intelligence, they can scald and burn through what or

beginning, and how horrid he was in the end. " His first care was given to the child, whose

minister's regard, he was no longer a trusted friend, but his bitterest enemy." At this point,

what Chillingworth was becoming and attempting to do.

When Hester was put on public display, and Chillingworth was watching,

That is why, after Dimmesdale dies on the scaffold, Roger Chillingworth shrivels into

postpone all other business to the task of soothing her." Showing how pure his feelings are

There must also be a motive for Roger Chillingworth. Anyone reading this may

Chillingworth is to Hester. " And I!-how am I to live longer, breathing the same air with

doing to Dimmesdale, and believes that she is partly the cause of it. " In a word, old

may have been saying that because she was afraid at the time, but maybe she was already

person into a demonic being. Roger uses his searing looks and words into a weapon of

attitude does not stay in his heart for long. " The physician knew then, that, in the

slowly feeding off of him, and killing him, he understands that he must uncover his

Approximate Word count = 907
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: Novels

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