Chapter 10:
42. What important discovery does Chillingworth make while Dimmesdale is sleeping? How does the narrator describe Chillingworth's joy and why is this description meaningful?
- When Dimmesdale goes to sleep Chillingworth goes into his room to try and find something that would explain why Dimmesdale is getting sick; Chillingworth sees something on Dimmesdale's chest and opens it and sees something which the narrator does not tell us what it is. You can infer that it is an A because he is the father of Pearl. The narrator describes this as what satin look like. The way that Chillingworth was raising his arms to the ceiling and stomped his feet was said to truly look like satin.
- When Dimmesdale goes to sleep Chillingworth goes into his room to try and find something that would explain why Dimmesdale is getting sick; Chillingworth sees something on Dimmesdale's chest and opens it and sees something which the narrator does not tell us what it is. You can infer that it is an A because he is the father of Pearl. The narrator describes this as what satin look like. The way that Chillingworth was raising his arms to the ceiling and stomped his feet was said to truly look like satin.