The Scarlet Letter - Roger Chillingworth

Imagine a man having insecurities of his own, with a somewhat deformed and unpretentious appearance, finding that his spouse had betrayed him. For Roger Chillingworth, it was a completely heart-breaking devastation. In The Scarlet Letter, Chillingworth is the husband of Hester Prynne. When they married, he knew that she didn’t love him, but still proceeded to commit the rest of his life to her. Consequently, a story of forbidden passion, hatred, and jealousy unfolds. …

…personality. Despite his apparently upstanding status as a scholar, he was a truly awful human being. Through his desire for revenge, he disturbed the lives of many characters in the story. The actions of Chillingworth against Dimmesdale and Hester caused both of them much grief. The evil and cruel psychological torture which he inflicted on Dimmesdale show how much his anger and contempt over Hesters’ actions affected him. Roger Chillingworth was a truly despicable man.