The tone of
the author in this chapter is serious, and the events he describes are unsettling, creating an
uneasy feeling of suspense in the reader.
In this chapter, Chillingworth
returns to find his wife on a scaffolding, being publicly shamed as an adulteress. We learn of
the secretive nature of Chillingworth and his sense of pride when he keeps his identity as her
husband to himself:
He resolved not to be pilloried beside
her on her pedestal of shame.
Instead, he becomes the
leech of the chapter's title, burrowing in and sucking Dimmesdale's blood, metaphorically
speaking. In reality, Chillingworth becomes Dimmesdale's physician and the two become very
close.
The theme of the chapter is to beware the secret hearts of men:
Dimmesdale should not trust Chillingworthbut Dimmesdale in some ways is also the mirror of
Chillingworth, because he too has his dark secrets.
The use of dramatic ,
which is when the reader knows what a character orin a story does not, is effective.
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