She DIDN'T tell. Because she didn't want to destroy him.
Hester's full name in The Scarlet Letter is Hester Prynne.
Hester's last name was Prynne. Her daughter's, Pearl, last name was also Prynne. It is unknown whether Prynne was her last name from her marriage to 'Chillingworth' or if it was her maiden name.
The baby's name in The Scarlet Letter is Pearl. She is the daughter of Hester Prynne and the product of her affair with Reverend Dimmesdale. Pearl is a symbol of both sin and redemption throughout the novel.
Roger Chillingworth, Hester Prynne's husband, was still at home attending to business. He sent Hester ahead to Massachusetts Bay Colony while he continued to take care of the business.
Governor Bellingham and Reverend Wilson want Hester Prynne to reveal the identity of the father of her child. They seek to shame and punish her for her sin of adultery by enforcing the strict moral codes of Puritan society.
Hester refuses to name the child's father because she wants to protect him from disgrace and preserve his reputation. Furthermore, she believes that it is her sin and burden to bear alone, and revealing the father's identity would only bring more shame and suffering to herself and her child.
In the story, he is the estranged husband of Hester Prynne, who reappears under the assumed name Roger Chillingworth, and proceeds to plot against Hester.
Hester refuses to name the father of her child because revealing his identity would bring shame upon him and ruin his reputation. She believes it is her responsibility to protect his anonymity and face the consequences of her own actions alone.
Hester refuses to name her lover, the minister, Arthur Dimmesdale.
Hester refuses to name the father of her child, Pearl, because she wants to protect his identity and keep his reputation intact. Naming him would only bring shame and ruin to both of them, as well as disrupt the delicate balance she has found in her life as a social outcast.
The main characters in the novel are: Hester Prynne, Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale, "Roger Chillingworth" (Roger Prynne), Governor Bellingham, Rev. John Wilson, Mistress (Harriet) Hibbons.In the book: Hester Prynne, Roger Prynne (also known as Roger Chillingworth.
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.