Chillingworth and Dimmesdale Essay The two characters Chillingworth and Dimmesdale are two characters in the scarlet letter. They are both main characters and have secrets that hold a very important part in their lives. They both have secrets but are affected in very different ways. I am going to start off with Dimmesdale’s secret. His secret is that he is actually pearls father, he has been hiding this secret from the public so that he won’t have any shame in his name. Since he has been keeping this secret from everyone the guilt of it is eating him away mentally, to the point to where he is punishes himself. He ends up whipping himself to the point where he had scars every day, he ended up becoming delusional and weary every
