In their first conversation in the book Hester asks Chill, "Art thou not the Black Man that haunts the forest round about us? Has though enticed me into a bond that will prove the ruin of my soul?" Chillworth doesn't deny it, but says that he's only after Dimm's soul
             Chill said he didn't want to hurt or kill Dimme or make him suffer, but wanted his soul so he'd go to hell, just as the devil wants.
             Chill knows exactly how to heal Dimme, but won't completely heal him.
             When Pearl sees Chill and Dimme together in the window she tells Hester,"The Black Man has the minister. Run before he catches thee." So she calls Chill the devil (Black Man), and Pearl has more insight into life than anyone else in the book.
             Chill is omniscent and omnipresent when it comes to Dimme.
             Chill pushes Dimme for a confession several times, but then cuts him off when he is about to confess. In doing this, Chill is ensuring that Dimme will never confess because each time it is harder for him to get the guts to do so.
             Chill secretly finished Dimme's election speech and wrote it so well that he would have to be elected. He did this to feed into dimme's ego. Dimme had no intention of accepting the position either way, but he entered the election to see if he would win. Chill knew Dimme wouldn't confess if he were elected because he'd have to much pride. If he weren't elected, Dimme's ego would be deflated and he'd confess before leaving with Hester adn Pearl for Europe.
             The Devil is the great temptor and knows all our weaknesses, just as Chill knew Dimme's
             Chill is always associated with black and dark colors, symboloic of evil.
             Chill (The "Black Man") can never catch Pearl because she is completely good. She is his antithesis.
             Chillingworth was introduced to us as an old travel-worn man, who is tiny, skinny, unattractive and a little malformed with a shoulder
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