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Why does Roger Chillingworth ask Hester to keep his identity a secret?
Roger Chillingworth asks Hester to keep his identity a secret because he wants to seek revenge on her former lover, Dimmesdale, without revealing his own involvement in their lives. By maintaining his anonymity, he can manipulate the situation and exact his revenge without facing immediate consequences.
What promise does chillingworth exact from Hester?
promise not to exact his name as her husband.
What does hester offer to arthur as to what he should do to get away from roger chillingworth What is arthurs response to this?
Hester tells the true identity of Roger Chilling-worth and the King was amused but said for her to keep living in the kingdom.
The scarlet letter why does chillingworth ask Hester to keep his identity a secret?
HE ASkS HESTER TO KEEP HiS iDENiTy A SECRET BECAUSE HE WAS HER HUSBAND AND HE MiGht GEt PUNiSHED AS WELL BUt HE ALSO ASKED HER TO kEEP HiS iDENiTy A SECRET BECAUSE SHE DiD NOt REVEAL THE iDENTiTy OF THE FATHER OF HER BABy PEARL
From what does Hester hope to save Dimmesdale by telling him the truth about Chillingworth?
In 'The Scarlet Letter', Hester hopes to save Dimmesdale by telling him the truth about Chillingworth so that they can be together. By learning his identity, they go off to live with Pearl in England.
Where has the stranger been What motion does he make to Hester?
He has been in an Indian prison and makes a "be quiet/shhh"motion by putting a finger to his lips.
Where has roger chillingworth been IN THE SCARLett letter?
Roger Chillingworth was Hester's husband, with whom she had lost contact. He sees her upon the scaffold, and rejects all ties to her. However, he perceives the true identity of Dimmesdale, Hester's lover, and goes on to torture Dimmesdale with his presence, while expending great effort to keep Dimmesdale alive in the guilt of his iniquity. He makes Hester promise never to reveal his identity as her husband. When he dies, however, he leaves a significant portion of his wealth to Pearl, who goes on to live a high-society life in England.
Where had Mr Wilson Hester Pearl and Roger Chillingworth been that night that they would all be walking by the scaffholding at midnight?
Mr. Wilson had been keeping vigil by the bedside of Governor Winthrop, who was dying. Hester had just learned she would be allowed to keep Pearl. Roger Chillingworth had been at the bedside of one of his sick patients.
What two secrets does Hester vow to keep when she is talking to Chillingworth?
1. not to tell anyone his identity (her husband) 2. she won't say who the father is
Who wrote the novel The Scarlet Letter?
Well, the start of the book has Hester Prynne temporarily released from prison so she can be paraded around town to display her scarlet "A". Check the link for some more on the initial happenings of the novel.
What promise does he compel Hester to give?
She promised not to reveal that they were husband and wife.
Why do you suppose Hester Prynne return to Boston?
After Hester is released from jail and made to stand on the scaffold, she is an outcast in the town. She does not leave though, because unconsciously she believes that she must remain in the place of her sin until she is somehow purged of the sin. If she were to leave in anger or with a desire to bury her past, it could leave her unsettled for the rest of her life. Therefore she remains in Boston.
