Scarlet Letter Revenge Theme
In the novel of The Scarlet Letter, there were different types of themes which corresponded with the story. However, the theme that I choose is Revenge and Love. Revenge is one of the main lessons Hawthorne was trying to portray to the audience, because Chillingworth was up to no good in discovering Hester’s lover. The theme of love connected Dimmesdale and Hester together, which caused Chillingworth to have his revenge. The act of revenge began when Chillingworth returned from his journey and discovered that Hester had a baby for another man, he then vowed to have his revenge on Hester and her lover. According to an article of the “theme revenge in The Scarlet Letter” it quotes, “steadily influenced by his obsession for revenge against the
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In the movie chillingworth comes back home after years of captivity by the Indians, and after the incident where Hester was punished in the Scaffold with the Scarlet Letter “A”. He comes back to his wife to find out that she has a new lover. Whereas in the novel, “Chillingworth returns, unrecognizable after years of captivity with the Native Americans, and finds his wife on a scaffold, the scarlet 'A' signifying adultery sewn onto her dress, and another man's infant, Pearl, in her arms. Unable to associate himself with Hester's shame and reveal his identity as the husband she publically wronged, he assumes the name Roger Chillingworth and begins plotting his revenge against Hester's unnamed lover,” According to an article “The Consuming Cancer,” “Roger Chillingworth once loved Hester, but with the clumsy kind of love a bookish, middle-aged man has for a much younger and very beautiful woman.” In order words, Chillingworth discovers that Hester had an affair with another man, so he began to regret for marrying her. Hester falls in love with Dimmesdale after he helped her with her cargo which was stuck in the mud and prevented the horse from moving. Their love was unstoppable which led to Hester’s pregnancy. The members of the council confronted Hester for the pregnancy, but she swore not to reveal who her lover was, however,
In the movie chillingworth comes back home after years of captivity by the Indians, and after the incident where Hester was punished in the Scaffold with the Scarlet Letter “A”. He comes back to his wife to find out that she has a new lover. Whereas in the novel, “Chillingworth returns, unrecognizable after years of captivity with the Native Americans, and finds his wife on a scaffold, the scarlet 'A' signifying adultery sewn onto her dress, and another man's infant, Pearl, in her arms. Unable to associate himself with Hester's shame and reveal his identity as the husband she publically wronged, he assumes the name Roger Chillingworth and begins plotting his revenge against Hester's unnamed lover,” According to an article “The Consuming Cancer,” “Roger Chillingworth once loved Hester, but with the clumsy kind of love a bookish, middle-aged man has for a much younger and very beautiful woman.” In order words, Chillingworth discovers that Hester had an affair with another man, so he began to regret for marrying her. Hester falls in love with Dimmesdale after he helped her with her cargo which was stuck in the mud and prevented the horse from moving. Their love was unstoppable which led to Hester’s pregnancy. The members of the council confronted Hester for the pregnancy, but she swore not to reveal who her lover was, however,