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  • Pearl And Roger Chillingworth
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    Light and Darkness in The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne, author of The Scarlet Letter, felt that the Puritans were people who believed that the world was a place where the battle between good and evil was a never-ending one. Throughout the novel, Hawthorne uses the symbols of light and dark to depict this battle among the characters Hester Prynne, Pearl, and Roger Chillingworth. After Hester commits her sin, her beauty almost immediately vanishes into darkness. Her hair no longer hangs free...
  • Adultery Crime With The Character Dimmesdale
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    Characterization is a literary element used by the author to present qualities of characters in a literary piece, the purpose of characterization is to make characters credible and make them suitable for the role they play in the work. Authors present various characters possessing dissimilar qualities, to emphasize different aspects of the work. In the novel The Scarlet Letter, the author Nathan eil Hawthorns depiction of the two male characters, Arthur Dimmesdale and Roger Chillingworth, emphas...
  • Dimmesdale And Chillingworth
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    The Scarlet Letter In The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne uses several dynamic characters to develop the plot of the novel. A dynamic character is a character that changes or evolves through the course of a story. Hester, Dimmesdale, and Chillingworth were all dynamic characters. The character that changed the most through the course of the story, though, was Roger Chillingworth. In chapter three we learned that Hester's husband was a learned man of English birth. He was calm in temperament, ...
  • Arthur Dimmesdale And Roger Chillingworth
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    Torment Of Misfortune The guilt, hypocrisy, and vengeance revealed in The Scarlet Letter. Amanda Nguyen American Experience Period 2 Ms. DeraneySeptember 24th, 2004 In an age of sexual repression and conservatism, there is never room for public show of relationships. Emotions and affection are kept hidden from the public eye. With such limitations there is always an urge to break from what is considered proper. From this, lies and deceit are born to cover our mistakes. Hester Prynne stands helpl...
  • Last Moment In The Story Chillingworth
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    'The Scarlet Letter " Roger Chillingworth was once a good puritan who lived a good puritan life and he was married to Hester Prynne. Then he went to travel. When he came, instead of getting a good and warm welcome from his beloved wife he saw her standing on the town scaffold with a letter of shame on her chest. He stood there, completely wrecked and knew that his life as he knew it so far was all lost. Ever since Roger Chillingworth's heart was broken and his life destroyed by Hester, he has de...
  • Chillingworth's Physical Appearance
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    Roger Chillingworth was once a good man; capable and skilled in the work he did, and sound, in regards to his state of mind. Sadly, however, as time progressed, the latter of these two aspects changed. Throughout literary works, a villain's evil intentions often change the character himself. This occurrence is evident throughout Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel, The Scarlet Letter. In the story, the villain, Roger Chillingworth, becomes fully consumed in his intentions to seek revenge on Arthur Dimme...
  • Chillingworths Plan For Revenge
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    It is said that the desire for revenge will turn a mans heart to evil. This is true in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The scarlet Letter when Roger Prynne becomes consumed with revenge for the defilement of his marriage vowels. His quest for revenge took hold of his heart and eventually turned him in to a demon. He no longer could comprehend the difference between good and evil. He merely sought revenge and did everything he could to get it. He tried to play God. In the process, he became a devil. The tr...
  • Pearl's Father Dimmesdale And Her Husband Chillingworth
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    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 ...

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