that he will be joining her alongside Dimmesdale and Pearl on their voyage in Chapter Twenty-One. In returning home to Boston, Roger Chillingworth dooms himself to be alienated throughout the book by how he reacts to the news of Hester Prynne’s bastard child. Chillingworth reacts to the news as described by Hawthorne; “Very soon, however, his look became keen and penetrative. A writhing horror twisted itself across his features, like a snake gliding swiftly over them, and making one little pause…
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