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.
             Dimmesdale became not simply a patient of Chillingworth, but a roommate as
             well. Being in such close contact with Dimmesdale, Chillingworth has come to
             know the minister's most private emotions, and he has begun to suspect that
             Dimmesdale's illness is the result of a deep secret that has at no time been
             confided with another. In a sequestered conversation with Hester,
             Chillingworth made a vow to descry the real father of Pearl, and expose him.
             In a conversation with Dimmesdale, Chillingworth brings up the question of
             why an individual would...