Roger Chillingworth A character sketch by: Lindsay Rucker Chillingworth is the old, ugly, cruel, deformed, and demented husband of Hester Prynne. He is presented as a scholar and physician, who has traveled to distant places before deciding to settle in America. His lack of sensitivity is shown in his choosing such a young, naive, and beautiful woman as his bride. His lack of chivalry is displayed in his act of sending his young and inexperienced …showed first 75 words of 517 total…

…showed last 75 words of 517 total…loved." Chillengworth was the real villain of this story. Not Hester or Dimmesdale, but Chillengworth, simply because he was a weak person and wouldn't stand by his wife. And then, after finding out what she'd done, immediately setting out on a quest to destroy the mans life who was responsible, was yet another sign of his weakness. Chillengworth was not the best character of this story, but he sure kept it interesting, that's for sure.