Revenge‚ the action of inflicting hurt or harm on someone for their wrongdoings against another‚ is characterized as a corruption of the mind of the affected individual. Throughout the history of literature‚ countless authors have incorporated the theme of revenge into their works. For example‚ in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ Roger Chillingworth seeks revenge on Minister Dimmesdale because of his crime committed with Hester. Similarly‚ in William Shakespeare’s‚ Othello‚ Iago devises
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Nathaniel Hawthorne describes how a woman named Hester Prynne fits into a Puritan society after committing an act of adultery and giving birth to another man’s child. Her husband‚ Roger Chillingworth‚ develops a bitter coldness and a vindictive obsession that impacts both Hester Prynne and her secret lover. Chillingworth was Hester Prynne’s husband before she was brought to jail. He is first seen as “a figure which irresistibly took possession of [Hester’s] thoughts” at the town square. His year of
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Chillingworth Character Analysis Roger Chillingworth once said‚ “I have already told them what I am! A fiend!” (163). The Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ the famous author in the 19th century‚ is a story based on sin‚ crime‚ and punishment. The story is about of a beautiful young woman from England named Hester‚ who is married to a man named Roger Chillingworth. Roger Chillingworth disappeared for years‚ but suddenly he appeared in the town that Hester lives. Chillingworth later found
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The character of Roger Chillingworth has been presented to audiences as a spiteful and conniving old man through imagery by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Hawthorne does not stop at just imagery either ‚ he uses his full literary Arsenal in chapter 10 to ensure the audience is aware of Chillingworth’s true and vile nature. At the beginning of the chapter Hawthorne uses a matter of fact tone when describing Chillingworth past. This description of Chillingworth gives the audience a basis of his past personality
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The Comparisons Between Roger Chillingworth and Reverend Dimmsdale In “The Scarlet Letter” two of the characters we see are Reverend Dimmsdale and Roger Chillingworth‚ both have apast and both are hiding secrets. They are also the unlikeliest of friends due to the fact that Dimmsdale is a man of God and Chillingworth is a doctor. Even though the two men are different from one another they still cohabitate very well. The secret that Dimmsdale holds is that he is Pearl’s father. This secret is
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June 1642 What is it that I haveth seen today upon the scaffold? Could this be thy truth or are my own eyes deceiving me? I have fought grievous mishaps by the sea and by the land just to finally meet with my beloved Hester. After living in captivity under the heathen-folks for about a year or less‚ mine own eyes are completely drawn to her on the scaffold holding a small babe. My eyes were snatched by the infant only by the scarlet letter burning my once dearest wife’s bosom. It was as if the
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Letter Essay A person may show his corrupted side externally; despite the fact that it is only as a result of his lonely and loving character that he develops this corrupted side of him. In The Scarlet Letter by Nathanial Hawthorne‚ Roger Chillingworth‚ Hester Prynne’s husband‚ illustrates his conflicting characteristics internally and externally. On the inside‚ he is sensitive‚ lonely and loving of Hester. On the outside‚ he shows the stronger corrupted side of his character through his actions
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Revenge Frankenstein has plenty of revenge in the story. There may have been a lot of revenge in the story but‚ you can not forget that there is also kindness in Frankenstein. The characters have good and bad in them which can leave to revenge. The story is great because you can see how people change throughout time. For an example the creature was nice at first because he was happy to be alive. Then when Frankenstein leaves him his anger increases which leads to revenge. The monster
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Seymon Lewis 1/17/13 2a Hamlet’s revenge Hamlet is a revenge tragedy based on a young prince whose father was murdered by the new king Claudius. After his father’s funeral he is confronted by his father’s ghost. Hamlet believes that he has to listen to the ghost‚ when who replied "So art thou to revenge‚ when thou shalt hear”(1.5.7); Hamlet then accepted the fact he has to take revenge on Claudius‚ and in the end he does actually get his revenge. Hamlet believes that he must first prove Claudius’s
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Revenge in Central to Shakespeare’s play Othello to a very large extent. The entire play is shaped around revenge. Iago‚ who is seen as Shakespeare’s greatest villain is fueled by revenge. Iago has jealousy over Cassio’s position and has suspicions towards both Cassio and Othello of adultery with his wife Emilia. Out of vengeance Iago uses his ability to manipulate Othello and build jealousy and suspicions within him about his wife Desdemona. This jealousy in Othello leads to his revenge towards
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