What does Hester now say about her scarlet letter to Chillingworth?
“It lies not in the pleasure of the magistrates to take off this badge […] Were I worthy to be quit of it, it would fall away of its own nature, or be transformed into something that should speak a different purpose” (153).
Describe Chillingworth physically.
He has grown visibly older over the past 7 years
“An eager, searching, almost fierce, yet carefully guarding look” (153).
What do we find out Dimmesdale’s true "death" is, and how does he suffer it?
“Your clutch is on his life, and you cause him to die daily a living death; and still he knows you not. In permitting this, I have surely acted a false part by the only man whom the power was left me to be true!” (154)
Dimmesdale suffers every day because of Chillingworth
Describe exactly how Chillingworth has treated Dimmesdale and why he has treated him that way.
He has followed him everywhere and studied every part of his life
He wants to understand him and find ways how to torment him
He has a clutch on his life, and kills him daily
Why has Dimmesdale increased his debt to Chillingworth?
Chillingworth believes that Dimmesdale has increased his debt because of what he has gone through and how he has changed over the past 9 years
He blames Dimmesdale for the changes and stress that he ahs gone through
Says that his life was peaceful and now has changed
Claims the hatred has turned him into a fiend
Is Chillingworth’s argument valid about that point?
No, Dimmesdale is not totally responsible
Hester committed the same act
Does not need to seek revenge in the way he is
He is not the final judge, does not have right to punish
What is the final resolution between Hester and Chillingworth? Is there one?
Hester wants to reveal to Dimmesdale the truth
She wants Chillingworth to stop, but he wont
Chillingworth does not try to stop her
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