Roger Chillingworth And Arthur Dimmesdale In The Scarlet Letter
"No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.(Hawthorne 205-206)" This quote is speaking about being true to yourself. If you are being untrue with who you really are, then you will be the one who suffers at the end. This is shown through many characters, but most effectively through the personalities of Roger Chillingworth and Arthur Dimmesdale.
Both Roger Chillingworth and Arthur Dimmesdale, appear as having a two-faced identity. It is this conflict that eventually brings about the fall of these characters. Roger Chillingworth, the husband of Hester, hides his identity. While Arthur Dimmesdale, who is also guilty of adultery, hides behind his position. Both later die from the burden of their "public" and "private" selves. Hester is true to herself, although not to everyone else, from the beginning. It is easy to become someone you're not on the outside in real life, but that will have negative effects.
Arthur Dimmesdale can be described as a well-respected Boston reverend who has an affair with Hester Prynne and is the secret father of Pearl. Shy, …show more content…
Chillingworth is a negative presence. Hester's relationship with Chillingworth, her actual husband, is very different than her relationship with Dimmesdale, her lover. Chillingworth is an older man whom she married for reasons other than love. Dimmesdale is a beloved man, with whom she had an affair out of love and desire. Chillingworth recognizes this difference and punishes Hester and Dimmesdale both by tormenting Dimmesdale almost to the point of killing him. Meanwhile, he makes Hester swear not to reveal his true identity as her husband in order to avoid the humiliation of being associated with their affair. In the end, by tormenting Dimmesdale, Chillingworth transforms himself into a sick and twisted
Both Roger Chillingworth and Arthur Dimmesdale, appear as having a two-faced identity. It is this conflict that eventually brings about the fall of these characters. Roger Chillingworth, the husband of Hester, hides his identity. While Arthur Dimmesdale, who is also guilty of adultery, hides behind his position. Both later die from the burden of their "public" and "private" selves. Hester is true to herself, although not to everyone else, from the beginning. It is easy to become someone you're not on the outside in real life, but that will have negative effects.
Arthur Dimmesdale can be described as a well-respected Boston reverend who has an affair with Hester Prynne and is the secret father of Pearl. Shy, …show more content…
Chillingworth is a negative presence. Hester's relationship with Chillingworth, her actual husband, is very different than her relationship with Dimmesdale, her lover. Chillingworth is an older man whom she married for reasons other than love. Dimmesdale is a beloved man, with whom she had an affair out of love and desire. Chillingworth recognizes this difference and punishes Hester and Dimmesdale both by tormenting Dimmesdale almost to the point of killing him. Meanwhile, he makes Hester swear not to reveal his true identity as her husband in order to avoid the humiliation of being associated with their affair. In the end, by tormenting Dimmesdale, Chillingworth transforms himself into a sick and twisted