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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 oversimp ....

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.... to what he was putting her through. She was affected greatly by his schemes, and thus Chillingworth emotionally abused his wife, as was his standard of doing things. Pearl was abused because of Chillingworth's neglect towards her. He could have looked past his wife's sin and loved his daughter. He could have cared for her and supported her, but he chose not to. He failed to look into his heart and nurture his daughter. He voluntarily detached himself from her life. It was because of his stereotypical neglect that Pearl suffered in ways she didn't have to. The most severe instance of abuse Chillingworth inflicted upon anybody was that of Arthur ....