"... like an uprooted weed that lies wilting in the sun."
Again there is the comparison of dark and light. Chillingworth is this seed that lies in the sun. He cannot live with too much sunlight, with too much happiness, joy, purity. He needs the darkness in a person, their sin, their fears. He needs a person who has sinned, who carries a sin, a dark side in his soul to nourish himself. That is the reason he cannot survive in the sunlight.
Weed - make comparison with the black weeds growing out of the grave. But, yes, he can't live in the sunlight. The sun dries him up. Good insight here.
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