is Reverend Dimmesdale's
torturer and secret enemy. He gradually torments the sensitive reverend after he learns about
Dimmesdale's affair with . Roger Chillingworth initially recognizes that
something is suspicious about Dimmesdale and pays particularly close attention to the reverend's
affliction and mysterious illness. Given the fact that Roger Chillingworth is known throughout
the Puritan village as a practiced physician, he volunteers to help the sick reverend. After
Chillingworth succeeds in living with Dimmesdale, where he can closely investigate the
suspicious man, he continually asks the reverend leading questions in hopes of discovering
Dimmesdale's dark secret. One evening,
Friday, 8 May 2009
What's the relationship between Chillingworth and Dimmesdale?
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