《红字》人物分析--专业英语八级作文

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