Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, a dark tale of sin and redemption, centers on the small Puritan community of Boston during the seventeenth century. A young woman (Hester Prynne) comes to this town to find a place to live for her and her husband, but falls victim to the desires of the human nature. Hester falls in love with Reverend Dimmesdale, and conceives Pearl. The town people unjustly judge her for her “crime”; “he with out sin cast the first stone”. She is forced to were a scarlet “A” on her breast for the duration of her natural life. Hester’s husband Roger Chillingworth arrives to find his wife unfaithful and commits the rest of his life to find out who the father is, and to reap vengeances on him. Love, revenge, and unjust judgment are three themes Hawthorne emits form his novel.

Hester is different form any woman Dimmesdale has met, and this is what attracts him. Hester married an older man (Roger) and longs for love and affection. They meet and fall deeply in love, but are restrained because of Hester’s marriage. They soon receive n

Hawthorne adds Cillingworth to the novel as Hester is receiving her punishment for ery, which compels Cillingworth to his hatred and revenge. Cillingworth devotes his life to revenge, which leads him to a state of darkness. Cillingworth has an idea of who the father is, but needs evidence. Throughout the novel Cillingworth lets his vengeance control his life. He gives the minister potions to make him feel better, but in reality the potions are slowly killing him. Cillingworth does not want to kill Hester, but instead lets her live with the shame of her crime. Dimmesdale tells Hester that “the old mans revenge has been blacker than my sin. He has violated, in cold blood, the sanctity of a human heart.” (1345) This statement shows how demonic Chillingworth has become, and he will follow them to the ends of the earth to fulfill his longing for vengeance. The towns people are in the wrong as well with their unjustly judgment.

Chillingworth’s revenge kills him, and Dimmesdale dies at the end as well. Undying love, revenge that is horror able, and unjustly judgment are evident even toward the end of the

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