How Does Hawthorne Use Imagery In Chillingworth's Closing Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne writes in a manner akin to an artist circling the subject of his work in thick red paint, that is to say he makes points clearly and without overt subtlety. Hawthorne’s blatant use of names like “Chillingsworth”, “Pearl”, and “Dimmesdale” definitely emphasize both the moral nature and convictions of his characters. It is no surprise, then, that Hawthorne utilizes powerful imagery when closing chapters. Indeed, the finishing line of a chapter dedicated to Chillingworth's malicious quest to divulge the sins of one Rev. Dimmesdale truly exposes the dark, sinister nature of Chillingsworth; “What distinguished the physician’s ecstasy from Satan’s was the trait of wonder in it!”. By choosing diction reflecting Chillingworth's dark disposition, Hawthorne emphasizes the similarities between the doctor and The Beast.
With a name like ‘Chillingsworth’ one would expect the physician to have an array of unseemly attributes. Hawthorne, being the rather blunt (albeit in a literary pleasing way) casts a series of direct ties between the doctor and Satan himself. Hawthorne’s choice of the Word “distinguished” draws a direct comparison between Chillingworth and the man downstairs. By using distinguished -- as opposed to a synonym like divulged -- Hawthorne makes the allusion that our sinister physician is so alike to Satan that the only distinguishing characteristic that the doctor possesses is a sense of wonder at discovering unholy sin. This makes Chillingsworth a sort of emissary for satan in the way of distinct similarities.
The significance of this sentence lying at the very end of a chapter seeped in the tedious details of Chillingworth's quest to divulge the unsavory truth of his patient’s sin? The closing sentence emphasises the demonic and revenge-driven nature of the physician, and his disturbing glee at unearthing his dark, disturbing