Chillingworth In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

Dimmesdale believed he was the worst of all sinners. But in reality, as he had realized, Roger Chillingworth is the worst sinner of all. For he had struck down upon Dimmesdale with great vengeance and agony. Chillingworth’s demand for vengeance had caused him to become evil. As Dimmesdale was becoming more sick and bitter, Chillingworth saw it as an advantage for causing pain. Thus, the minister antagonized Chillingworth; he might’ve appeared to be his close friend, but wasn’t at all.

Throwing the letter away, suggested that Hester was rejecting the Puritan judgment. Escaping and running off, to someplace else, was the freedom Hester envisioned. She wants to forget the past and move on to the future she’d find suitable. However, the scarlet letter, once it lands by the brook, doesn’t wash away. Maybe, it represents that getting rid …show more content…
When the sunshine came down, the light symbolized happiness and hope for the two of them, as if they were blessed by God. However, this doesn’t end the story. They might try to run away, but we don’t know if there’ll be any obstacles that they’re going to encounter. Chillingworth is an example; he still has the chance to ruin Dimmesdale.

Pearl is a representation of the scarlet letter. When Hester unfastened the scarlet letter, it was a resemblance of rejection, as if Hester was disposing of her certainty. Pearl intuitively presumed that she’s connected/related to the scarlet letter. Transitively, this moment resembles Hester rejecting Pearl.

Dimmesdale was worried about his future. He realized that he can’t live with secrecy and dissimulation, and must confess his guilt to escape entirely. This chapter is called “The Minister In a Maze” because he’s lost in his own perplexity. Him running off to a new and better life is actually running off to the life of sin. This also explains how Dimmesdale is further turning away from public truth and living with