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Roger Chillingworth is a fictional character and primary antagonist in the 1850 novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. He is an English scholar who moves to the New World after his wife, Hester Prynne .
A resident of Colonial America, Hester is sent ahead to the "New World" by her husband, who later assumes the name of Roger Chillingworth, as he has some business to finish before he can join her. After he is shipwrecked and captured by Native Americans and presumed dead, Hester continues to live her life as a seamstress in the town.
The Scarlet Letter: A Romance is a work of historical fiction by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in 1850. [2] Set in the Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony during the years 1642 to 1649, the novel tells the story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a daughter with a man to whom she is not married and then struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity.
The given name is derived from the Old French personal names Roger and Rogier. ... Roger Chillingworth, the antagonist in Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter;
The Scarlet Letter (German: Der Scharlachrote Buchstabe) is a 1973 period drama film directed by Wim Wenders, based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1850 novel of the same name. The West German-Spanish co-production stars Senta Berger as Hester Prynne, Lou Castel as Reverend Dimmesdale, and Hans Christian Blech as Chillingworth.
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Chillingworth is a surname, and may refer to: Charles F. Chillingworth (1877–1967), Hawaiian lawyer and politician; Charles F. Chillingworth Jr. (1903–1976), Hawaiian vice admiral; Curtis Chillingworth (1896–1955), Florida attorney and state judge; Daniel Chillingworth (born 1981), English football player