Roger Chillingworth is/was Hester Prynne's husband. He told her he would follow her to Boston, as soon as he finished up some business. When he finally came, years later, he found Hester upon the town scaffold; he inquired, as a stranger, about why that woman (Hester) was up there. Once he found out, he went to visit her in prison. For the rest of the book, he is determined to find out who the father is of her child. His role in 'The Scarlet Letter' is what some may call the bad guy. Throughout the entire novel he creates for himself a sense of not being able to be trusted. Without Chillingworth in this novel, the entire plot would be unbalanced because, in my point of view, every novel needs something/someone to go against the beliefs of the main character.
"What evil have I done the man?" (p.157)
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