His name was announced as Roger Chillingworth. The jailer, after ushering him
into the room, remained a moment,
marvelling at the comparative quiet that
followed his entrance; for Hester Prynne had
immediately become as still as death,
although the child continued to moan.
-The Scarlet Letter,
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Does the author use direct or indirect methods to
characterize Roger Chillingworth?

Indirect

Explanation:

He uses the expression of Hester rather then direct sentences.

indirect, Just did it in Edgeniuty.

c, his tragic flaw to cause his downfall

chapter i -- paris: september, 1792

a surging, seething, murmuring crowd of beings that are human only in name, for to the eye and ear they seem naught but savage creatures, animated by vile passions and by the lust of vengeance and of hate.

during the greater part of the day the guillotine had been kept busy at its ghastly work: all that france had boasted of in the past centuries, of ancient names, and blue blood, had paid toll to her desire for liberty and for fraternity.

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