Thesis Statement, The Scarlett letter by Hawthorne

The Scarlet Letter is a story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The story's setting is in the 1850's during the puritan times in Boston, Massachusetts. Roger Chillingworth was one of the main characters along with Hester Prynne and Author Dimmesdale. Roger Chillingworth was a small, thin, and was slightly deformed in appearance with one shoulder being higher than the other. He was described on page fifty-six by Hester Prynne as being 'remarkable intelligence in his features, …

…he confesses to the whole colony that he committed adultery and calls Hester and his daughter Pearl up on the scaffold. This aloud him to die in Hester's arms peacefully.         The plot finishes to show how Roger and Author became victims to there sin and by trying to hide it, it led to there demise. I feel the Hawthorne weaved this into his story to tell us                                                                                                            Page 3 that we are to confess our sin.