promise not to exact his name as her husband.
When Hester meets Roger Chillingworth on the peninsula, she tells him that she is going to make Reverend Dimmesdale aware of Chillingworth's true identity (Roger Prynne - Hester's former husband.)Hester says to Roger Chillingworth "I must reveal the secret. He [Arthur Dimmesdale] must discern thy true character, to discuss this matter with him, told him to be there for that discussion.
The stranger, Roger Chillingworth, is Hester's husband. He does not want people to know that he is her husband.
Chillingworth asks Hester to promise not to reveal his true identity as her husband to anyone. He does this because he wants to secretly seek revenge on Dimmesdale without anyone knowing his true intentions and relationship to Hester.
Hester an Chillingworth were married.
Hester ultimately decides that her promise to Chillingworth was a mistake and realizes that keeping it has caused more harm than good. She feels guilty for allowing Chillingworth to manipulate her and sees that her loyalty should be to her own moral compass rather than to a promise made under duress. She resolves to break free from Chillingworth's control and live her life authentically.
Hester's husband
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.
To get him to admit that he slept with Hester.
Chillingworth was gone for about two years before Hester cheated on him with Dimmesdale.
Roger Chillingworth is physician & Hester Prynne's husband.
Chillingworth's real name is Roger Prynne. In Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel "The Scarlet Letter," he adopts the pseudonym Roger Chillingworth in order to conceal his true identity and exact revenge on Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale.
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.