- A stranger by the name of Roger Chillingworth had just finished explaining his past state when he questioned the whereabouts of Hester Prynne. This quote reveals the common answer that everyone who lived in the town was essentially aware of. This was a society in which one’s sins and faults were of more significance than their good acts. The man giving this response was more than happy to share Hester’s faults with Chillingworth, parading her supposed well-deserved punishment. Just as in “The Crucible,” the townspeople are infatuated with giving accused sinners harsher punishments than deserved and finding joy in their pain.
Is Roger ever going to reveal the fact that he had a relationship with Hester Prynne?
“And my child must seek a heavenly Father; she shall never know an earthly one!” (64).
- Hester Prynne constantly refuses to reveal the father of her child. Even when the clergymen attempt to make Hester feel guilty by asking her if she wouldn’t like her child to have a father, she simply refuses another time and gives this response. Hester’s response shows her consistent religious fervor, regardless of the sin she has committed. Hester is aware that human beings are prone to fault, whereas God certainly is not. On the contrary, the supposed religious town is acting in such a way completely contradictory toward their pious reputation by unjustly punishing Hester. In “The Crucible,” the sinner, John Proctor, remained devout, wheras the “righteous” townspeople reeked havoc killing innocent people.
Will the townspeople ever be aware of the amount of hypocrisy in which they dwell in?
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