The relationship that Roger Chillingworth and Dimmesdale have with each other is somewhat unusual. Chillingworth is Dimmesdale’s physician. He decides to move in with Dimmesdale to take better care of him since his health is declining. The townspeople approve of the idea that the two live with each other and think only good of it.

You’d think that Chillingworth is a harmless guy since he’s a physician and is responsible for tending to the minister. In actuality he is the enemy. But Dimmesdale is so terrified of everyone in the town finding ou

t his secret that he doesn’t realize that his enemy is living in his own home. Chillingworth knows that Dimmesdale is hiding some deep dark secret. So he spends a great deal of time and energy to make him reveal it.

There is one point in the story where Hester Prynne takes off the letter and throws it on the ground. Pearl gets very upset with her mother and refuses to cross the stream to run away. This is because Pearl feel that by doing this, her mother is also throwing her own daughter away and she feels rejected. Pearl is a consequence of the passion that Hester and Dimmesdale once had. It’s her way of demanding that they take responsibility for their actions.

Hester begins to rebuild her relationship with Dimmesdale by offering to be his friend. She wants his forgiveness. They become honest with each other. Hester revea

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