Page 105, "Skillful men, of the medical and chirurgical profession, were of rare occurrence in the colony. They seldom, it would appear, partook of the religious zeal that brought other emigrants across the Atlantic."
This quote makes me question Roger's original intentions when sending Hester across to America. Why would an intelligent, prosperous, newly married man want to take a dangerous trip away from home? From safety and security?
The only answers that I can muster up are: he wanted Hester away from her family in case their marriage didn't work out, or his personality led him on an adventure. I wonder if Roger wanted to start anew in America, just him and Hester with their new life together. But when things went wry, the only thing keeping him on the new continent was revenge. Revenge even when he didn't truly love Hester and when he "wronged" her first. Why didn't the couple with Pearl leave Boston, and they could be happy together elsewhere? Hester could rip off her A and they could pretend Pearl was his daughter. But neither spouse wanted to leave, they both had motives to stay, ironically opposite but for the same person. Hester loved Dimmsdale while Roger wanted him to suffer painfully.
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