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An Interpretation of Roger Chillingworth
学校：徐州师范大学
专业：商贸英语
姓名：陈伟
“
The
Scarlet
Letter
”
as
the
Hawthorne’s
masterpiece
is
a
world
-known tragic
novel. It shows different characters
vividly through delicate description and profound
psychological
analysis.
Roger
Chillingworth,
one
of
the
main
characters
in
this
long
story “The Scarlet Letter,” is an ugly old man. To
some extent, the image
undergoes
a
declining
transformation
from
God,
to
Satan,
and
finally
back
to
human nature.
At the beginning, it sounds offensive
to say there are some factors of God in
Chilingworth, at least not a born one.
From the story, we know that he used to
be “a pure and upright man,”
“a wise and just man”. In the first few
chapters, he
seems
to
be
flawless,
who
has
absolute
right
to
make
judgment
over
other
people.
Latterly, he appears in the town when
Dimmesdale is in poor health, and is hailed an
angel by some townspeople, sent by God,
just when a physician is badly needed. In
front
of him, other main
characters
are sinful,
especially Hester Prynne
and
Authur
Dimmesdale.
Next, just describing Roger
Chillingworth as Satan because of his kinds of
evil behaviors, which
plays
a key role in this vicious transformation. He is
the
producer of “A”, the embodiment of
evil.
Form the name Roger
Chillingworth,
we can find some implied
meanings
. Chillingworth’s partial tone
is “chill”, which just
tell readers his
personality. When Chllingworth knows that his wife
has relationship
with Dimmesdale and is
also pregnant, psychological revenge occurs to
him. In order
to
punish
Dimmesdale,
he
losts
his
reason
and
kindness,
and
takes
pleasure
of
punishing
him,
what
he
does
makes
him
become
more
and
more
sinful.
However,
when Dimmesdale died, he has not been
happy for that, just like losting sopporting
point,
“
so that
he is completely wilted and faded...like uprooted
weeds being withered
under the bright
sunshine.
”
At
last, after Chillingworth’s death, according to
his testament, he bequeaths his
considerable property to Hester’s
daughter Pearl, e
ven though she is not
his own. This
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