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A Rereading of Chillingworth through Sympathetic Windows
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Chiilingworth in The Scarlet Letter shows that the prospects for hope in life are dark because of his desire for revenge to Dimmesdale. He refuses forgiveness and sympathy to Dimmesdale because he believes that Hester’s act planted the “germ of evil,” and all else is a “dark necessity.” His refusal of sympathy and forgiveness shows, ironically, that sympathy humanizes, because the result of the rejection of sympathy is to become a “fiend” like him. Hawthorne emphasizes the importance of “sympathy,” “humanity,” and “community” in contrast to the “systematic pursuit of revenge” that destroys Chillingworth. Chillingworth is unsympathetic, isolated and inhuman, so his state is pessimistic. In the end, he acknowledges that Dimmesdale’s confession deprives him of his “ultimate revenge.” It shows a mixture of humility and holiness in Roger Chillingworth. Human beings must sympathize with one another or remain “fiend-like.” Hawthorne presents Chillingworth's story in order to affirm that to be in a community through sympathy is human. Therefore, Chillingworth’s story posits optimistic an vision.
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