In Hawthorne's dramatic, tragedy novel, the Scarlet Letter, we are introduced to three main characters, the daring, insolent Hester Prynne, tormented Reverend Dimmesdale, and last but not least, the relentless Chillingworth. Hawthorne writes a descriptive and revealing passage, the Leech, that illustrates the good and evil of Chillingworth, and how Dimmesdale puts his health in the hands of mysterious Chillingworth. . It illuminates the good of him, by portraying the relationship that Dimmesdale and Chillingworth had, . The passage shows the evilness by showing Chillingworth is a bloodthirsty leech, both metaphorically and literally. The title of this chapter, the Leech, has a meaning towards the character of Chillingworth. In earlier times,
