Chillingworth visits Hester in prison to confront her about her relationship with Dimmesdale and to assert his control over her. He wants to extract information from her and further manipulate the situation to seek revenge on Dimmesdale.
Roger Chillingworth gains entrance to the prison by positioning himself as a doctor with expertise in natural remedies and healing. He convinces the prison warden that he can provide medical care for the imprisoned Hester Prynne.
Chillingworth was gone for about two years before Hester cheated on him with Dimmesdale.
Chillingworth notes that Dimmesdale's defense of Hester during her public shaming is a sign of his inner torment and guilt. He sees it as a sign of Dimmesdale's own involvement in the sin that they share with Hester.
Hester's revelation about Chillingworth's true identity as her estranged husband has a profound impact on Dimmesdale. It deepens his guilt and accelerates his deteriorating physical and mental state as he grapples with the knowledge that Chillingworth has been purposely tormenting him under the guise of friendship. This revelation further complicates Dimmesdale's internal turmoil and contributes to his eventual downfall.
Roger Chillingworth, not Robert, was away for 2 years before returning to Boston and discovering Hester Prynne's adultery.
Reverend Dimmesdale visits Hester while she is in jail.
Hester meets up with Chillingworth in the prison where she is being held for her public shaming. Chillingworth arrives in the colony and poses as a doctor in order to gain access to Hester and extract information about her relationship with Dimmesdale.
Hester an Chillingworth were married.
Roger Chillingworth visits Hester Prynne to exact revenge on her for her infidelity. He is her estranged husband, and is consumed by jealousy and anger over Hester's relationship with another man, Arthur Dimmesdale. Chillingworth's visit serves as a way for him to further torment and punish Hester for her actions.
Chillingworth's real purpose for visiting Hester in the novel "The Scarlet Letter" is to seek revenge against her lover, Dimmesdale. He suspects Dimmesdale of having an affair with Hester and wants to expose him. Chillingworth's actions are driven by his desire for revenge and the need to inflict suffering upon Dimmesjsonald.
Hester's husband
basically, Chillingworth told Hester that she was free from their marriage. He would pretened to be a complete stranger known by a new name. thus, the reader never knows who he really is.
If I'm not mistaken, Hester did not meet Chillingworth in the forest. She met him in the prison and on a beach (I believe). During the first interaction, he asked her to pretend she didn't know him. During the second, she asked him to stop torturing Dimmesdale.
To get him to admit that he slept with Hester.
Hester's revelation about Chillingworth's true identity as her estranged husband has a profound impact on Dimmesdale. It deepens his guilt and accelerates his deteriorating physical and mental state as he grapples with the knowledge that Chillingworth has been purposely tormenting him under the guise of friendship. This revelation further complicates Dimmesdale's internal turmoil and contributes to his eventual downfall.
Roger Chillingworth is physician & Hester Prynne's husband.
Mr. Wilson, Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth.