To elaborate on Chillingworth's vengeance, the moment that sparked his revenge must first be discussed. After seeing Hester on the scaffold with a baby, Chillingworth decides at that exact moment, that revenge is the path he will take. Hawthorne describes Chillingworth's change in nature, it is stated “A writhing horror twisted itself across his features, like a snake gliding swiftly over them… his face darkened with some powerful emotion...finally subsided into the depths of his nature”(Hawthorne, 56). In this Chillingworth is described as, in a way, being possessed by evil. Chillingworth is horrified at first, his wife has obviously had an affair with someone else. He is so overcome with the emotion of revenge that the devil, or the “snake” is seen on his face. Revenge “subsided into the depths of his
To elaborate on Chillingworth's vengeance, the moment that sparked his revenge must first be discussed. After seeing Hester on the scaffold with a baby, Chillingworth decides at that exact moment, that revenge is the path he will take. Hawthorne describes Chillingworth's change in nature, it is stated “A writhing horror twisted itself across his features, like a snake gliding swiftly over them… his face darkened with some powerful emotion...finally subsided into the depths of his nature”(Hawthorne, 56). In this Chillingworth is described as, in a way, being possessed by evil. Chillingworth is horrified at first, his wife has obviously had an affair with someone else. He is so overcome with the emotion of revenge that the devil, or the “snake” is seen on his face. Revenge “subsided into the depths of his