She was forced to wear the scarlet "A" upon her clothing as punishment for what she did: commit adultery. She had to stand upon a scaffold so that the whole town could see what she was and so they would know what the "A" stood for. Instead of giving her a harsh punishment, she was made an example of.
The physician is Hester's husband...
After Pearl is born.
The stranger, Roger Chillingworth, is Hester's husband. He does not want people to know that he is her husband.
Roger Chillingworth is physician & Hester Prynne's husband.
The antagonist in "The Scarlet Letter" is seen as Roger Chillingworth, Hester Prynne's vengeful and manipulative husband. Chillingworth's obsession with seeking revenge on Hester's lover, Reverend Dimmesdale, drives much of the conflict in the novel.
In "The Scarlet Letter," Roger Chillingworth is the protagonist Hester Prynne's estranged husband who arrives in the colony years after she was publicly shamed and forced to wear the scarlet letter 'A' for adultery. He seeks revenge on Hester's lover, Arthur Dimmesdale, and becomes consumed by bitterness and obsession.
Hester's full name in The Scarlet Letter is Hester Prynne.
The character you are referring to is Roger Chillingworth. He is the estranged husband of Hester Prynne in Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel "The Scarlet Letter." Chillingworth is a vengeful and deformed scholar who seeks to torment Hester's lover, Reverend Dimmesdale, throughout the story.
Her husband, Chillingworth, visits her in prison.
The letter on the chest of Hester Prynne's dress is a scarlet letter A. A for adultery.
He's a character in the book "The Scarlet Letter" By Nathaniel Hawthorne. He's Hester Prynne's husband.
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