In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth are both physically and emotionally affected by the events which took place in their lives. During the course of the story, all three of the characters are disturbed by their pasts which are affecting their present lives and future. Hester is the only character that can not hide her mistake due to her pregnancy. Although, she can hide who the father of …showed first 75 words of 636 total…

…showed last 75 words of 636 total…striking evidence of man's faculty of transforming himself into a devil, if he will only, for a reasonable space of time, undertake a devil's office (page 166)." All of the above characters; Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth all had situations that intertwined. Their emotional stabilities were all very weak. All of their physical states suffered as a result of their mental being's. The events in their lives directly determined their emotional and physical being's.