Although Roger Chillingworth's zealous desire to seek out Hester's secret lover is justified, he crossed the boundary of human realm with his demonic sphere of soul possession. Hester, who is scared of him, asks, "Art thou like the Black Man that haunts the forest round about us? Hast thou enticed me into a bold that will prove the ruin of my soul?" She identifies Chillingworth with Satan, the figure who tries to get people to sign his book and enlist them for evil.
Chillingworth's mental deformity is signaled by his physical deformity (his shoulder). Perhaps, his physical deformity is one of the reasons that evoke him to find out Hester's secret lover. Because he is de
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