Hester Prynne is a woman who is convicted and condemned by her " people" - puritan settlers who settled in the "New World" and have strict rules in their beliefs. She is very worried about her baby for whom she doesn't really see a future. She probably loves the father of her baby very much as she does not want to speak out his name since he would be probably imprisoned, too.
Roger Prynne (Chillingworth) is the husband of Hester Prynne and is a lot older than her. Even though he knew Hester didn't love him he married her (probably because he deeply loved her). When he found out about Hester's child, that is not from him, he got upset and deeply hurt. Therefore he decided to find the father of the child and probably to kill him. After telling his wife Hester his identity he made her swear not to tell it to anyone. After that he left her with her child.
Arthur Dimmesdale is a young but very respected Puritan minister who has a great intellect and who is very aware of the Puritan rules. On the contrary, however, he kind of defends Hester Prynne in front of the whole village which makes him generous, brave and nice.
No comments:
Post a Comment