Chapter 3

Chapter 3 is an influential chapter, in that it introduces Roger Chillingsworth and Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale as characters. Chillingsworth is Hester's husband that has finally returned from europe, to meet his wife being publicly shamed. I think that Chillingsworth was also ashamed of the event, because he told the stranger in the crowd that Hester's husband must have bin foolish for thinking he could keep a young woman happy. Roger Chillingsworth seemed very interested in learning about Hester. This is because he realised the way he neglected her, and he now regrets all the awful things he has done to her.