Lavender's AP Lit Class Blog
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Chillingworth
Chillingworth is the worst sinner in the Scarlet Letter. Honestly, Chillingworth is being completely unreasonable. He admitted that he was sorry for arranging the marriage. He had a sense that Hester did not love him anymore, and he should have let her go. Although Dimmesdale is lying to the whole community, Chillingworth is going behind everyone's back, pretending to be something he is not. Yes, Dimmesdale did that too, but his intentions are because he is scared. Chillingworth is being a devious back stabbing friend to Dimmesdale. Once he got the feeling that Dimmesdale was the father, he should have confronted him and told the whole community. Assuming that Hester loves Dimmesdale, she should have told Dimmesdale who Chillingworth really was. In a way, Hester is also going behind Dimmesdale's back. Maybe if she told Dimmesdale who Chillingworth really was, the community would be upset with Chillingworth for lying about their prominent minister. Overall, the Scarlet Letter has been very enjoyable to read and I am excited to continue on.
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I think Dimmesdale is the biggest sinner. He is the one who abandoned Hester the moment he found she was pregnant and still continues to hide in the shadows. He is dying from internal guilt but it's only because he is too scared to ruin his reputation. He disgusts me much more than Chillingworth.
ReplyDeleteGood job Jackie! i Agree with you. I can not stand him! Why don't they just both man up! Im tired of hearing about why they are so sad and depressed and weird ahhh!
ReplyDeleteI thought this was really interesting and it uprises thoughts of how Chillingsworth could truly be seen as the real sinner. I agree with a lot of what you said like how you said he's going behind everyones back with the wrong intentions unlike Dimmesdale. Nice job.
ReplyDeletei totally agree. he is making dimmesdale and Hester suffer. more than they should be.
ReplyDeleteI for sure agree with Jackie!!! i hate dimmesdale a ton but i hate chillingworth for torturing dimmesdale all day and night. that just isnt cool.
ReplyDeleteCillingworth should of just left once he figured out what happened. He said he was sorry for forcing her into marriage and then just tortures Dimmesdale.
ReplyDeleteGoo9d post, Jacqui--one that has engendered a good deal of comment (always a good thing!). This sort of 'ranking the sinners' could be a good approach to take in your next essay.
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