the scarlet letter
In the book The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, a character by the name of Roger Chillingworth had committed the unpardonable sin and he basically killed another character, Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. Everyone has been in a position where they have had the chance of manipulating or blackmailing someone. Chillingworth did exactly that and ended up breaking down Dimmesdale to his death. Dimmesdale was not the single one affected by Chillingworth's deeds. Chillingworth had a spouse, but no one knew of their relationship. Her name was Hester Prynne and she had an illegitimate child named Pearl. The Reverend Dimmesdale had an affair with Hester, and he is the real father of Pearl. Throughout the novel the people of Boston were withheld this information, along with the information of Hester's real husband. Chillingworth was a physician, or back in those days a doctor was called a leech. Dimmesdale started to feel ill, thus starting the beginning of his end.
Chillingworth made a deal with Hester that he will not tell everyone that he is her husband. In a conversation with Dimmesdale, Chillingworth brings up the question of why an individual would be willing to carry "secret sins" to his grave sooner than confess them during his lifetime. To Chillingworth, Dimmesdale was weak and had what was coming to him. Chillingworth could no longer bother Dimmesdale. Chillingworth silently approached Dimmesdale. Chillingworth acknowledges this, he says in a conversation with Hester, "Dost thou remember me? Was I not, though you might deem me cold, nevertheless a man thoughtful for others, craving little for himself,--kind, true, just, and of constant, if not warm affections?. In addition, Dimmesdale asks God to forgive Chillingworth of his sin. Hawthorne speaks of Chillingworth's death with no emotion, even though Chillingworth played a large role in the death of Dimmesdale. Dimmesdale became not simply a patient of Chillingworth, but a roommate as well. Hawthorne acquaints that the physician's fate was the most horrible of the three because his sin was the darkest. I have already told thee what I am! A fiend! Who made me so?!" Chillingworth believes Dimmesdale made him into a "fiend". Chillingworth tortured Dimmesdale to his death. A few days later, Chillingworth found Dimmesdale asleep in a chair.
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