How Are The Scarlet Letter And Captain Ahab Alike

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Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote The Scarlet Letter explaining the story of adultery where Roger Chillingworth is looking to seek evil retribution for the sin committed against his marriage. Captain Ahab is on a mission to murder the giant whale that took his leg in Moby Dick, by Herman Melville. Roger Chillingworth and Captain Ahab are both evil characters that are out for revenge and have several similarities to their plans in doing so. Ahab and Chillingworth’s evilness is very similar because they both caused the people around them harm. It was very clear at the end of The Scarlet Letter Roger Chillingworth deteriorated Arthur Dimmesdale’s mental and physical appearance. Captain Ahab hurt his crew by putting them in dangerous situations; like sailing through frozen waters, playing with electric plasma, and chasing after a very dangerous whale. This in the end killed his crew. Ahab and Chillingworth had a horrible impression on the people around them. These men did nothing but put people in danger that was not necessary. …show more content…

Ahab wanted the white whale, Moby Dick, so bad that he went insane. Ahab did away with the original mission of the trip, whaling for whale oil, so he could focus all of his crew’s attention on Moby Dick. Roger Chillingworth wanted to torture Pastor Dimmesdale for having an affair with Chillingworth’s wife by earning his trust as the town’s doctor. Continuously offering Dimmesdale “medicine” to cure his illnesses, Chillingworth was only making him sick. Both of these men went out of their way to make sure their vengeance plan was

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