Roger Chillingworth

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antagonist fictional character literary character physician

Roger Chillingworth is the vengeful, estranged husband of Hester Prynne in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel "The Scarlet Letter," who obsessively seeks to torment her secret lover.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf antagonist ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
physician ⓘ
alias Roger Chillingworth ⓘ
appearsIn The Scarlet Letter ⓘ
appearsWithCharacter Arthur Dimmesdale ⓘ
Governor Bellingham ⓘ
Hester Prynne ⓘ
Pearl ⓘ
Roger Wilson ⓘ
causeOfMoralDownfallOf Arthur Dimmesdale ⓘ
createdBy Nathaniel Hawthorne ⓘ
diesIn The Scarlet Letter ⓘ
discoversSecretOf Arthur Dimmesdale ⓘ
firstPublishedInYear 1850 ⓘ
genreOfWorkAppearsIn romantic novel ⓘ
isEstrangedFrom Hester Prynne ⓘ
isHusbandOf Hester Prynne ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literaryMovementOfWork American Romanticism ⓘ
literaryRole foil to Arthur Dimmesdale ⓘ
livesIn Colonial Boston ⓘ
surface form: Puritan Boston
medium novel ⓘ
mediumOfOrigin literature ⓘ
moralAlignment villainous ⓘ
movesTo Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston
nationalityInFiction English ⓘ
obsessedWith revenge ⓘ
occupationInStory physician ⓘ
publisherOfFirstEditionWork Ticknor, Reed & Fields ⓘ
realNameInStory not explicitly stated ⓘ
relationshipToArthurDimmesdale secret enemy ⓘ
relationshipToHesterPrynne estranged husband ⓘ
religiousContext Puritan society ⓘ
seeksRevengeOn Arthur Dimmesdale ⓘ
settingOfWork Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
spouseOf Hester Prynne ⓘ
symbolizes corrupting power of revenge ⓘ
evil ⓘ
vengeance ⓘ
themeInvolvement guilt ⓘ
hypocrisy ⓘ
revenge ⓘ
sin ⓘ
timePeriodInFiction 17th-century New England ⓘ
torments Arthur Dimmesdale ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roger Chillingworth → alias → Roger Chillingworth ⓘ
The Scarlet Letter → antagonist → Roger Chillingworth ⓘ
Arthur Dimmesdale → antagonisticRelationshipWith → Roger Chillingworth ⓘ
The Scarlet Letter (1926 film) → character → Roger Chillingworth ⓘ
The Scarlet Letter → mainCharacter → Roger Chillingworth ⓘ
The Scarlet Letter (1973 film) → mainCharacter → Roger Chillingworth ⓘ
The Scarlet Letter (1995 film) → mainCharacter → Roger Chillingworth ⓘ
Hester Prynne → marriedTo → Roger Chillingworth ⓘ
Arthur Dimmesdale → tormentedBy → Roger Chillingworth ⓘ