... revenge on Dimmesdale. He does this by draining the soul of the Reverend and afflicting guilt upon him. Chillingworth's villainy also develops from his quest to discover his wife's lover. He lets his quest for knowledge over take him and turn him into the evil character that is described in the opening quote. Chillingworth gets so involved in finding out Hester ... 's lover that he loses his Puritan principles and devotes his life to "burrow into the clergyman's intimacy and plot against his soul" (p124). The Puritan law also contributes to Chillingworth's villainy. He cannot ... role in...

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... had done for fear of punishment and rejection is clearly shown by Chillingworths" tormenting comments. Once secrets were out everyone in the community knew about it immediately. Hester cannot even bring herself to tell her own daughter the true reason for the scarlet letter, which seems everyone but Pearl knows. Hester states, "I will keep thy secret, as I have his" which shows her intent ... When someone broke a rule of the bible they would be punished as if they had committed a serious crime. The quote "The law we broke! The sin here so awfully revealed!" shows how little the distinc...

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... but still returned to her haunting past where she died. Religion plays a big part in the Scarlet Letter. Hester Prynne wore the Scarlet Letter to remind her of the mistake ahe made. Instaed of taking Pearl away the people wanted her to wear the "A" for adultry. Hester brought up her child forcing the the thought of the heavenily father. Hester's whole lifestyle was altered. She obeyed everyone and for seven years was ... peice of crepe except that is hides a face which I am always glad to look upon. Come good sir, let the sun shine from behind the cloud. First lay aside your black veil:...

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... of this novel, Hawthorne chooses to begin his novel with a prison. This is an appropriate symbol for the punishment that the protagonists will suffer. The Scarlet Letter deals with the adultery sin of Hester Prynne and Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, the revenge of Roger Chillingsworth, and the towns people's attitude toward Hester and her daughter Pearl. Puritans society believed that sinners should be punished for their sin forever; death ... himself and Hester would have had a lot less worse sin. The points that Hawthorne makes are similar to the Puritan texts. In his sermon, Jonathan Ed...

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... him and seek revenge on this person. When he makes this decision he does not realize he is sacrificing his own sanity and health to find the adulterer. Before Roger makes the decision he is best by this quote, "Old Roger Chillingworth, throughout life, had been calm in temperament, kindly, though not of warm affections, but ever, and in all his relations with ... transgressions. Roger Chillingworth is transformed from an intelligent man with a dream to a man who would now be unstable. " In whom he hoped to find embodied the warmth and cheerfulness of home," (113;ch.10) this quote shows ...

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