"THE LEECH"

CHILLINGWORTH

• Men educated in the sciences lose spirituality
• Dangerous influence
• "A man burdened with a secret..."

DIMMESDALE

• Dimmesdale's decay
• The women are chasing him!

ROOMMATES

• The men take residence with a pious widow
• Dimmesdale's spiritual domain on one side
• Chillingworth's intellectual sanctuary on the other
• Battle of the century between spirituality and intellect

DARKER VILLAIN

• Hawthorne refers to Chillingworth as satan
• The townspeople cannot decide how they feel about him

"THE LEECH AND HIS PATIENT"

CHILLINGWORTH

• Changes - revenge has corrupted him
• He looks for extreme emotion within Dimmesdale
• Twists the knife in Dimmesdale's guilt

DIMMESDALE'S SILENCE

• It is not for man to judge
• Keeping the secret is more difficult than confession.
• There is no freedom in confession.
• Some men have to weigh what a confession will do to others.

PEARL DANCING ON GRAVESTONES

• No regard for social niceties.
• Is it a sin, or is it because she is free and passionate?
• Dimmesdale can only look out the window, Hester lives with it.
• Is Dimmesdale denied the freedom to claim his sin or embrace his passion?

PEARL, THE A, AND NATURE

• Was their act holy because they loved each other?
• Dimmesdale avoids the burr. Is he unready to acknowledge his passion?
• She sees Chillingworth's evil nature

CREEPY SCENE!

• Chillingworth uncovers Dimmesdale's secret sin
• Dances?!?
• Is his sin the adultery, or turning his back on Hester?
• Is Hawthorne Puritan or Romantic?