Hawthorne fails to emphasize, however, that there is yet another major sinner in the book, Hester 's husband, Roger Chillingworth. Although he seems to be the affected victim in the affair between Hester and Dimmesdale, his resulting actions after he find out about their sin, are stemmed from hate and anger. Chillingworth’s malicious intent to seek revenge against Hester and Dimmesdale is the least justified of the sins throughout the text because of his inability to feel sympathy and minimal penitent; this causes great harm to Hester and Dimmesdale, making him the biggest sinner. Chillingworth acts out of hate and anger while seeking revenge against Hester and Dimmesdale because of his feelings of betrayal and jealousy. When he returns to town and sees Hester on the scaffold “he slowly and calmly raises] his finger, [makes] a gesture with it in the air, and [lays] it on his lips” (Hawthorne 57) telling her he wants to keep
Hawthorne fails to emphasize, however, that there is yet another major sinner in the book, Hester 's husband, Roger Chillingworth. Although he seems to be the affected victim in the affair between Hester and Dimmesdale, his resulting actions after he find out about their sin, are stemmed from hate and anger. Chillingworth’s malicious intent to seek revenge against Hester and Dimmesdale is the least justified of the sins throughout the text because of his inability to feel sympathy and minimal penitent; this causes great harm to Hester and Dimmesdale, making him the biggest sinner. Chillingworth acts out of hate and anger while seeking revenge against Hester and Dimmesdale because of his feelings of betrayal and jealousy. When he returns to town and sees Hester on the scaffold “he slowly and calmly raises] his finger, [makes] a gesture with it in the air, and [lays] it on his lips” (Hawthorne 57) telling her he wants to keep