The Scarlet Letter .. Chapter Nine - The Leech .. Post #50

"The Leech" (Title)

I finally can tell what the title means. Sure it is about Chillingworth, just as the chapter after that chapter but what about the leech? I think Chillingworth is just like a Leech. He needs to 'attach' to other people and needs to get what keeps a Leech' victim alive to stay alive. Chillingworth is just like that. He needs other people's pain and sin to stay alive and not to die.