The
following quote fromshows thatis old and wretched ("unfortunate" is the word used) and
bent on revenge:
... there was yet, we fear, a quiet depth
of malice, hitherto latent, but active now, in this unfortunate old man, which led him to
imagine a more intimate revenge than any mortal had ever wreaked upon an enemy.
This passage above describes Chillingworth's reaction when he
findsfast asleep and sees the mark of sin inscribed on his chestthe sign which proves to
Chillingworth that Dimmesdale is the adulterer who impregnatedwith . Chillingworth wants to
subject Dimmesdale to psychological torture as revenge on him for daring to sleep with his wife.
He wants Dimmesdale to suffer and writhe.
He has no intention of having a
direct confrontation with him when he can use his knowledge to secretly hurt the man he has
gotten so close to. As the text states:
He
[Chillingworth] could play upon him as he chose. Would he arouse him with a throb
of...
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