Hawthorne used symbolism to represent how various human behaviors would impact life. He took these behaviors to the extreme to emphasize their influence in the adultery situation. Roger Chillingworth played the villain in this story. “Although he was originally the only character without problems or sins, he became the one who committed the worst sins of all.”₂ Transformed into the embodiment of vengeance, Hawthorne further amplified this character by portraying him as an expert in all things alchemical. For the reader, this confers a subconscious relationship with the occult. Chillingworth makes a believable, if not exaggerated, character in this novel to know that he was able to convince Hester to marry him, even though he was several years older than her. She had never felt love for Chillingworth and had always described him as "devoid of affectionate emotions". When this couple moved to America, he sent her ahead to establish their new home while he stayed behind to finish their business in England. During Chillingworth's voyage to America, he had "serious accidents by sea". He was then captured by the ship. Indians and had spent the next two years trying to earn his freedom so he could be reunited with his wife. He sees Hester as the only bright spot in an otherwise sad life. Roger Chillingworth has finally achieved his goal of making it to the world. city ​​where his wife lived. There he was, greeted by his wife standing on a scaffold with the scarlet letter A on his chest and holding a baby. She immediately recognized him as “a figure who irresistibly took possession of her thoughts.... .. half of the paper... of evil. “His desire to hurt others is contrasted with the sin of Hester and Dimmesdale, who had as their intent love, not hate, any harm that might come from the young lovers' act was unforeseen and involuntary, while Chillingworth reaps deliberate harm₃." Roger Chillingworth is a believable character because his performance is an exaggeration of the emotions most people felt. Bibliography1 eBooks@Adelaide (2009) by Nathaniel Hawthorne Retrieved March 27, 2010, from http://ebooks.adelaide. edu.au/h/hawthorne/nathaniel/h39s/index.html2. escoala.ro () The Scarlet Letter - Roger Chillingworth Retrieved 27 March 2010 from http://www.e-scoala.ro/referate/engleza_nathaniel_hawthorne_scarlet.html3. Spark Notes (2010)..