Roger Chillingworth first came in the book, during Hester’s sentence on the scaffold. He revealed himself to no one but Hester, whom he makes swear to secrecy. Chillingworth had married Hester in England. He was much older than her when they married. In their earlier years, as it’s stated in the book, Chillingworth was a difficult husband. He ignored Hester half the time because he was busy with his books. When he did have time for her, he expected her to fulfill and nourish his soul with affection.

Chillingworth was the evil lurking in the novel. His actions and his intentions were all for intent for malice. While Dimmsdale had remorse for his actions, Chillingworth did not. He was not out for justice, but for revenge. He was evil incarnate, with no remorse for his actions. He had an evil inside him, and by tormenting Dimmsdale he fed that evil. When Dimmsdale died, he had nothing to feed that evil so he in turn died as well.

He sent her to America, while he took care of his own affairs in Europe. He returned after a while trying to claim what was his. When he discovered his wife and her illegitimate child on the scaffold, he immediately planned his revenge by taking on a fake name and diving into society by taking the role of doctor or “leech.” He becomes two-faced like the devil, intent on getting revenge on the man who impregnated his wife in sin.

Chillingway’s evil plot for revenge had him tormenting Rev. Dimmsdale instead of helping him. Rev. Dimmsdale seemed to be getting

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