"Did the sun, which shone so brightly everywhere else, really fall upon him? Or was there, as it rather seemed, a circle of ominous shadow moving along with his deformity whichever way he turned himself? And whither was he now going?" (Page 153)
Again Chillingworth is connected to the dark. The sun never shines on him, a shadow always is around him. He is the complete opposite of Pearl, who is connected to the sunlight. But there cant be shadows without sunlight. Is this a hint that Chillingworth needs the sunlight? Or at least a person who has sunlight in him? He married Hester, and now he is with Dimmesdale. Both have sunlight in them, but also both are connected with the darkness, because they sinned. Does Chillingworth need a soul with sunlight to survive? Does he need to suck at the good part of a soul to live?
I can't read this.
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