The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne chapter 14, narrated by Isaac Birchall Hester decides to confront the doctor and ask him to stop tormenting the minister. He says with a smile that he has heard good news of Pearl and her newly assumed persona of helper, he even says that the council has considered allowing her to remove the Scarlet Letter from her chest. Hester rebuffs this statement by claiming that no Human can remove it, only God. Hester tells the doctor that it is time to come clean to the minister about his true identity, and from their discussion, it is obvious to the reader that Roger Chillingworth has correctly assumed the identity of Pearl’s father. The doctor has changed over the course of 7 years, though he was old when he first arrived in the settlement, through his pursuit of the minister, the doctor has become the embodiment of evil. In a violent flash of self reflection, the doctor seems to realise this to be true, and he turns to Hester and tells her that he is no longer a man, but a vengeful daemon whose creation is the fault of Hester. Chillingworth insists that his revenge, and Hester’s silence is fate. He then bids her to leave and goes stooping on further to find more herbs and roots to torture the minister.
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