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> In different countries, science can be improved overtime. Many books use science to interest readers. In the novel The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, there is a small part that mention about science, but science can be identify in the book Dimmesdale and Chillingworth, two of the three main characters from the book, demonstrates transgression, shame, repentance, and acceptance through science. Although the society many see that Chillingworth, who becomes a physician of Dimmesdale, is helping the priest, Dimmesdale, but Chillingworth is really trying to take revenge on Dimmesdale. Science can be seen to help everybody, but in reality, science is to help their own personal use.

> In the novel Chillingworth knows the father of Hester’s, Chillingworth’s wife, child is Dimmesdale. Thus, the cycle begins with transgression. The cause of transgression will make Chillingworth to take revenge on Dimmesdale. “‘I shall see him tremble. I shall feel myself shudder, suddenly and unawares. Sooner or later, he must needs be mine!’” (Pg. 70, Chapter 4) Chillingworth is plotting revenge against Dimmesdale. In Hawthorne’s time, around 1850, they would plan before doing the experiment.

> After transgression, the nest step in the cycle is shame. Dimmesdale is ashamed for his own action. He knows he should be punished for this. “After a time, at a hint from Roger Chillingworth, the friends of Mr. Dimmesdale effected an arrangement by which the two lodged in the same house;… physician.” (Pg. 116, Chapter 9) Dimmesdale have no choice to accept the physician, Chillingworth, in his house. Dimmesdale can be seen as a laboratory rat and Chillingworth as the scientists. During the 1850’s, science was not advance enough to predict an experiment, The scientists have to use raw materials to do an experiment. Dimmesdale is a raw material that Chillingworth can do an experiment. Before starting an experiment, Chillingworth have successful to catch Dimmesdale for his experiment.

> For a scientist, the next step, after making plans and obtaining materials, will be doing the experiment. The experimental is repentance, which can be related to the novel. Chillingworth tries many technique to torture Dimmesdale to get a result. “While thus suffering under bodily disease, and gnawed and tortured by some black trouble of the soul, and given over to the machinations of his deadliest enemy,… office.” (Pg. 131-132, Chapter 11) Chillingworth sees what is happening to Dimmesdale during the experiment.

> Final step will be the result, or the acceptance. Every experiment will have a result. In the novel, Chillingworth tortured Dimmesdale enough for him to tell his sin in public. “‘The law we broke! -the sin here so awfully revealed!’” (Pg. 241, Chapter 23) Also, the other result was death. “The final word came forth with the minister’s expiring breath.” (Pg. 241, Chapter 23) This might not what Chillingworth wanted, but he found out what the result of it. In Hawthorne’s time, many experiment did not work the way they wanted because it was new to them. They were trying to find the basic concept of science.

> Chillingworth used science to satisfy himself. He is satisfy that he found out what the outcome of the experiment was. In Hawthorne’s time, science was still new to them, but it gradually improved overtime. In today’s society, science is becoming advance because people do different experiments. Science has endless possibility to improve itself to benefit mankind.