Chillings

I like to call Chillingsworth, from the romantic historical fiction, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Chillings. This actually has a few reasons. Besides from the fact that his name is too long, the character is often portrayed as an angry man who seeks revenge on whoever gave the A on hit chest of his love. With all his anger, he needs to go 'Chillin'. While we discussed him in class, I noticed many students viewed him as the flat antagonist. Hawthorne, furthermore, portrays Chillings as an ugly hunchback who gets even worse as his intentions turn darker. Portrayals like these obviously do not appeal well to the readers; it simply isn't meant to. Hawthorne, through his portrayal of Chillings, tell us that revenge is not worth it.

One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them.
-Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

Let's put on Chillingsworth's shoes for a minute. He loves his beautiful bride, Hester. He had to send her first to America while he took care of buisness in Europe. He got in a shipwreck. And he got captured by Indians. After the long journey to his wife, he finds out that the love he had been yearning for is accused of sleeping with another man, with a baby in her arms as a bonus. Well that's lovely.

Chillings is truly loved his wife, and this becomes his motivation for his revenge. The course of actions he has been through, in order to reach Hester, is enough mental pressure. Furthermore, he loves Hester very dearly, quite unlike most men at this time period. For example, he promises not to hurt not only Hester, but also her baby. This, even compared to men today, takes not only understanding and mercy, but love. Chillings, from his point of view, only gets uglier and uglier because beautiful with love in the inside. He is the true oyster and the true, "Pearl."

"During the Goreyo Dynasty, Hanyeos(female sea diving hunters)

didnt even pick up the oysters, because obviously it is ugly on the outside.

It was not until almost 200 years later when theiy changed their point of views

and found out that these were so beautiful on the inside."