The Scarlet Letter #2

"She will not speak... wonderous strength and generosity of a woman's heart! She will not speak!" (64).

Dimmesdale continually remains to be a suspicious character to me because of the lack of pressure he places upon Hester. Perhaps it just seems this way because, when contrasted to many characters in The Crucible, his tactics seem pretty weak. I think he may not be pressuring Hester to give the man's name because he is the father. By interrogating Hester, he makes it seem like he wants to find the truth, but he may just be trying to hide it.

" 'Not thy soul,' he answered, with another smile. 'No not Thine!' " (72).

Hester's husband definitely eludes to his strong feelings of revenge, and that he is up to no good. He is on a mission to find out who the father is, and he will not stop until that happens. Honestly, Chillingworth's feelings are justified because his wife cheated on him and he deserves to know the truth. I must agree with almost anything he does to find the truth considering the severity of the situation, especially at this time period.