Roger Chillingworth

Roger Chillingworth: a mad man, or a man driven to madness? This is a question that many readers of Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" have decided by the time they reach the final chapter, really without thinking about it. Yet, if the story is reviewed, and one looks at the events that either happen directly because of Chillingworth, or how these events effected him, you may realize that he is a product, rather than a cause …showed first 75 words of 2455 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2455 total…teaching against what he did. Yet, I feel that Satan does use emotions to draw away from Christ and His love, and this is a prime example of it. Too many people, all too many times listen to themselves, and with this new age "feels good" thing, we are depending on our emotions, which are as bad as they are good. It's a good lesson to read about, so that you may learn from it.