The Scarlet Letter Chillingworth Character Analysis

Chillingworth is described as “ a white man, clad in a strange disarray of civilized and savage costume. He was small in stature… There was a remarkable intelligence in his features, as of a person who had so cultivated is mental part that they could not fail to mould the physical to itself, and become manifest by unmistakable tokens.” (Ch 3, pg 52). The man stared at Hester with a growing look of horror. This was the first time in a while the two had been seen each other in a while. He was a stranger to the Boston area, so he asked about the public humiliation to another man in the crowd. The man explained Hester's adultery and the what her punishment was. Chillingworth also asked about the man with whom Hester committed the crime with,