Read the excerpt spoken by the man who takes the name of roger chillingworth from chapter 4 of the scarlet letter. "let, therefore, thy husband be to the world as one already dead, and of whom no tidings shall ever come. recognize me not, by word, by sign, by look! breathe not the secret above all, to the man thou wottest of. shouldst thou fail me in this, beware! " which character trait of roger chillingworth does hawthorne develop in the excerpt?
a. a tender nature
b. a disorganized nature
c. a manipulative nature
d. a foolish nature

The best answer to the question: Which character trait of Roger Chillingworth does Hawthorne develop in the excerpt, would be, C: A manipulative nature.

Explanation:

"The Scarlet Letter" is a romantic novel that was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and which was published in 1850. The novel narrates the story of Hester Prynne, a woman who lives in the Massachusetts Bay Colony between 1642 and 1649 and who has to live through the shameful rejection by her society for having fallen in love, and having a secret affair that produced a child, with the minister Dimmesdale. At first we are led to believe, and so Hester and her society believes, that Hester´s husband died during his voyage from England to the colony. However, it turns out he did not die, but rather, decided to assume a different name, and become a physician. Hester discovers the truth about her husband´s trickery but he uses his status and his knowledge, as well as the risk that she would incurr into if people found out that he was alive, given her adultery, to try and force her to give him the name of her lover. In the end, they find out the truth because Dimmesdale cannot live with his conscience, but in the meantime, Chillingworth, who is the new name of Hester´s husband, uses all his manipulative powers to try and force things as he wants them to be, in revenge for Hester´s infidelity.

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