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.
Dimmesdale realizes Chillingworth is not the friend he thought he was. He decides to dismiss Chillingworth later on and not take in his remedies. Hester basically told him that Chillingworth is her husband and he's out to discover his secret.
Roger Chillingworth, not Robert, was away for 2 years before returning to Boston and discovering Hester Prynne's adultery.
Her husband, Chillingworth, visits her in prison.
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's main objective in The Scarlet Letter is to slowly torture Hester by reminding her of her crime as constantly as he can, the reason for his repeated visits to her throughout the novel.
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.
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.
To get him to admit that he slept with Hester.
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.
Chillingworth was gone for about two years before Hester cheated on him with Dimmesdale.
Roger Chillingworth is physician & Hester Prynne's husband.