The Scarlet Letter
Why are the townspeople at first pleased to see Chillingworth living with Dimmesdale? What do people eventually say about Chillingworth?
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter
Chillingworth is, at first, considered to be a "doctor" and a healer. They feel that his expertise will help the ailing Dimmesdale. Eventually the people of the town find Chillingworth bizarre. He changes from a kindly old man to twisted wrinkled and withered. He had turned from "a wise and just man to a fiend."