Scarlet Letter

Chillingworth’s Desire Although Roger Chillingworth’s zealous desire to seek out Hester’s secret lover is justified, he crossed the boundary of human realm with his demonic sphere of soul possession. Hester, who is scared of him, asks, "Art thou like the Black Man that haunts the forest round about us? Hast thou enticed me into a bold that will prove the ruin of my soul?" She identifies Chillingworth with Satan, the figure who …

…solve this problem. However, with human being’s nature, it is nearly impossible to cease all the jealousy and so forth. Therefore, in Chillingworth’s situation, I would still revenge the secret lover by hurting and suffering the secret lover’s soul. However, I would not completely raze the secret lover’s soul because it is also my own fault not realizing that there were many evidences which led the marriage into astray. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**