# Roger Chillingworth — The Scarlet Letter character guide

> Roger Chillingworth in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** old Roger Chillingworth, Old Roger Chillingworth, the mysterious old Roger Chillingworth, Roger, the stranger

**First appearance:** 0005-iii-the-recognition

## Who they are

Hester's vengeful husband who poses as a physician to torment Dimmesdale.

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