The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne depicts a man named Roger Chillingworth who has suffered and tamed every pain a man can endure. His life begins as a simple man married to a young woman known as Hester Prynne. They are planning to move to the "New World" while while Hester Prynne ventures into the new world, Roger Chillingworth is wrapping things up at home. Hester awaits Roger's arrival for two years and is now declared dead at sea. Hester must now face the guilt of adultery, the ultimate sin, and her lover Arthur Dimmesdale, the minister of the church. Roger is then discovered alive and well while being captured by Native Americans, and it is here that Roger Chillingworth discovers Hester Prynne with a strange child in her arms. She was on a scaffold and was presented with the sins she had committed. When Roger learned the unbearable truth of his sins, his heart broke and he sought revenge for his father. Roger Chilling was adrift, his only goal was to find his father and make him suffer for the rest of his life. “strange disorder among civilians e.g...
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