Dimmesdale vs. Chillingworth

For the past two weeks, the students of Miss Kirkman's AP English class have been reading the novel, "The Scarlet Letter", written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Based off of what we read, we now have to pick between two characters whom we sympathize for the most. I sympathize for Dimmesdale more than I sympathize for Chillingworth because Dimmesdale committed one sin seven years ago, and until this day he lives with guilt and is being tortured by not only himself, but also by Chillingworth. The fact that Dimmesdale still feels horrible for what he has done shows that he is indeed a good person a made a one wrong decision. Though Chillingworth does have a reason to be angry, his actions and the way he seeks revenge is much too evil. Taking advantage of Dimmesdale and torturing him for seven years is inhumane. Thus I sympathize more for Dimmesdale, who is sorry for his mistake, as opposed to Chillingworth, who is purely evil and spiteful.