Part one of term paper
In the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Roger Chillingworth's character is depicted as a stereotype of an abusive person, not as a real human being. This stereotype is a vice because it is evil, degrading and immoral. A stereotype is an oversimplified conception, opinion, or image of a person, fitting them into a certain ca ...

Part two of term paper
... and mentally abused Arthur Dimmsdale. He abused Hester emotionally. As soon as he returned to the city and found that his wife had an affair, he told her not to tell anyone he was her husband. He then lived his life to find out who made his wife pregnant, and therefore put Hester in constant fear for her true love. He went about his life, indifferent to what he was putting her through. She was affected greatly by his schemes, and thus Chillingworth emotionally abused his wife, as was his s ...