Instead of exposing his sin to the townspeople, Chillingworth prefers to manipulate the Reverend’s heart and mind, and to explore Dimmesdale’s relationship to sin. It is difficult to establish what motivates Roger Chillingworth to remain and seek revenge. He is an educated man with superb skills in medicine and literature. Why then would he choose to remain in Boston and attempt to destroy Dimmesdale? There are few good explanations for Chillingworth's behavior and desire to not be known.
Though naïve as he is, this only leads to suffering. Ironically this is foreshadowed at the beginning by his own advice. “I seek for knowledge…I hope yours may not be a serpent as mine had been.” Not fit for the role of god victor is disgusted by the being he has created
This ruthless pursuit of knowledge and glory proves hazardous as his attempt at being “God-like” and giving“life to an animal as complete and wonderful as a man” (shelley,pg.53) backfires. This is so as he is not only aware of the horror of his activities but that his “marvelous accomplishment” is only but a nuisance to society and would be frowned upon by fellow philosophers and humans. Robert Walton, like Victor also has a burning desire to “satiate his ardent curiosity” (3) and as such commits wholeheartedly to his studies from an early age, reading “nothing but Uncle Thomas’ books of voyages”(pg.8) in attempt tooutdo previous human explorations by endeavouring to discover a path to the north pole. Also, Walton’s pursuit of glory and honor eventually results in him finding himself in a fickle position as his ship becomes perilously trapped between pieces of ice. However, whereas Victor’s hatred for the monster and relentless will to kill it drives him to his death, Walton ultimately pulls back from his treacherous mission having learned from Victor’s example, how destructive the thirst for knowledge can be.
Candice had previously discovered “a world filled with stupidity, plagued by evil, mired in ignorance...” (Sayre, p. 817). Additionally, another earthquake happened just over a week later even though an auto-de-fe was carried out to prevent earthquakes. The author somewhat convinced me of the surprise ending. However, confining both men for crimes that were not similar to the Biscayan and two Portuguese prevented me from accepting the full value of the surprise ending. The chapter does not give an indication of the reason for Pangloss being hanged versus being burned.
Even though his own brother committed the sin, he knew it was wrong no matter who it was: "Maybe a jury will cut him loose. I wont. By god I wont” (143). Knowing most of Wes’s family is against the fact that Frank should not be punished; Wes puts his emotional feelings aside and grows up. Just by one fault by the closest man in his life, Wes realizes he has changed in better ways as things have gotten more complicated: “ My father stood for moral absolution ” (144).
If he wanted to be forgiven through suffering, living with a guilty soul would have provided enough of it. Besides,if he had decided to live, a long life of good deeds can be more helpful for even more people than seven.The secon idea I'd like to discuss has to do with the selfishness and omnipotence of the character; it seems that he wanted to be very careful with the "chosen ones". An example of this is when he rejects the person in the retirement house, for the marrow bone transplant. He thinks he doesn't deserve his gift, what's more, he feels he was almost cheated on. On the other hanbd, when he phones the blind man in the middle of the nigth to apologize and to tell him he was going to receive a present, he insists on telling him he realized the blind man deserved it.My question is: who gave Ben the right to decide who was or not suitable?Does previous suffering give people the authority to decide on other's lives?
“ Old Roger Chillingworth, throughout his life, he had been calm in temperament , kindly, though not of warm affections...but, as he proceeded, a terrible fascination, a kind of fierce...” ( Hawthorne 123.) This example shows that Throughout the novel chillingworth has changed for worse and that he used to be good and scholar-like but now he is “ugly” (Hawthorne 123). “I shall escape thee now!” ( Hawthorne 249). Here dimmesdale reveals everything and dies but while revealing this chillingworth argues and tries to stop him because he wants to do the harming and not have dimmesdale get out of his
Pray can I not, Though inclination be as sharp as will. My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent,” (III.iii.36-40). Claudius opens his soliloquy in a way that almost makes the reader feel sorry for him. A confession of his own immoral behavior to God that stems from a deep conviction. This is proof that Claudius is in a battle within himself.
This forces Goodman Brown to rethink the Devil’s tales of his forefathers. This is one case of an "unknown" brought to light by the Devil, which damages Goodman Brown’s sense of what is true because it contradicts a past thought. The "truth" of his ancestors brought by the Devil only slightly effects Goodman's faith overall because the ancestors never showed signs of evil during their lifetimes towards him. Yet this one discovery of "truth" is truly significant towards the fall of Goodman's sanity, for it leads him to believe he may have other incorrect understandings of life. This is exactly what the Devil wanted to happen because now that he has broken a truth that Goodman Brown previously had, he suddenly gains faith in the devil.
He lusted for more knowledge and was only satisfied in finding a character in “history” that related to his own misfortunes. The creature feels a connection with the devil, which in many ways is a more human character than God. The devil, like humanity and the monster, is flawed and yet still a loving and understandable character. He was cast away