As the novel progresses, Roger Chillingworth is slowly consumed by evil through his pursuit of revenge on Arthur Dimmesdale. Chillingworth intends to punish Dimmesdale by destroying his soul. After Chillingworth discovers that his wife, Hester, has had a child that is not his own, he seeks to bring misery to the secret father, Dimmesdale. After moving in with Dimmesdale, "Roger Chillingworth- the man of skill, the kind and friendly physician- strove to go deep into his patient's bosom, delving among his principles, prying into his recollections, and probing everything with a cautious touch, like a treasure seeker in a dark cavern" (114). Attackin

Each of the characters offer classic lessons on good and evil prove to hold throughout the years. Chillingworth acts as a warning of the devastating affect anger can have on a person, their soul, and those around them. Hester, however, lives as an model

eyes; as if the old man's soul were on fire, and kept on smouldering duskily within his breast, until, by some casual puff of passion, it was blown into a momentary flame" (55). In attempt to set afire any life in Dimmesdale that guilt may have spared, Chillingworth allows the evil flame to spread throughout his body and infect his soul. Seeing the pain within Dimmesdale gives Chillingworth a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment, fulling his evil fire. Evil has proven to be just as consuming as Dimmesdale's sin, if not more. The evil within Chillingworth has transformed him into the being from which all evil is rooted: the Devil himself.

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