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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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저자

• 천연희 [ Yeonhee Cheon ]

참고문헌

발행기관

간행물

표지보기 관심저널 등록

• 간행물명

  미국소설 [마크 트웨인 리뷰]

• 간기

  연3회

• pISSN

  1738-5784

• 수록기간

  1991~2020

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 843 DDC 813