Dimmesdale is an active part in an adultery relationship with Hester Prynne. This relationship resulted in Hester getting pregnant with their daughter Pearl. Dimmesdale was odd about the whole situation by laying low when it came to Hester and Pearl, until Pearl was around seven years of age, he started to slowly come out to the public about being Hester’s forbidden lover and Pearls father. Chillingworth is Hester’s “forgotten and dead husband” that comes back and hides his identity and presents himself as a doctor. He comes back and finds out about Hester’s adultery sin and slowly turns evil depicting the image of ‘The Black Man’ or Satan. He stayed keeping his true identity a secret then becomes Dimmesdale’s doctor and is thought to be
