In the novel The Scarkett Letter by Nathanial Hawthorne, Chillingworth is a minor charachter because he is just an obsatcle that gets in the way of Hesters life and is only placed in the story to be the antaganist and take revenge on Reverrend Dimesdale. Chillingworth is a round charachter because we know his charachter traits for example we know he sent his wife off to Boston for two years. He is also mysterious because he lies about his identity of being Hesters husand. In the novel he also chooses to take revenge on the man that commited adultrey with his wife, Hester. Chiling worth is a static characther because his motives throughout the novel remain the same in which he wants to take revenge on Dimmesdale.