Hester And Chillingworth Character Analysis In Scarlet Letter

In the events of the Scarlet Letter, more and more incidents keep occurring that unravel the love stories between the characters. Hester and Chillingworth’s paths cross as one another confides their true feelings towards each other. Hester confesses that she is on the verge of exposing Chillingworth’ true identity and that he needs to stop harming the minister while treating him. This sparks an argument between the two as they both try to blame themselves for the sins they have committed and the people they have become. The community has begun to accept Hester for her actions as she provides numerous aids for the society. As the story goes along, Pearl’s inquisitive mind begins to process her mother’s scarlet letter to the observances of how

The accountability of the character’s actions that aren’t being accounted for make one show the falsehood that the Puritans preached. We have the sin of adultery being committed, but only one side of the adulterer is being persecuted for their actions. The father, that is, “unknown”, is walking through the community without any shame or harm coming directly from the others. Hester and Pearl have to experience the negative impacts of the commitment of sin, while Dimmesdale and Chillingworth continue on with their lives without anyone knowing the truth. Also, Chillingworth is proposing the hopes of credible medic in the community when the entire thing is a lie. Character traits like deceit are portrayed in the two shows the lack of validity for what they say. It makes me think as to how the secrets haven’t leaked out to the community yet. Seeing that honesty was one of the largest foundations of the Puritan people, I am surprised that the secret had not been told to the whole group. Also, seeing that Hester slowing was making her way back into the acceptance of the community shows the lenience of the sin and the understanding that sins do happen in life. It was peculiar to see that she was being accepted back into society since she had been through so much hate