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Prompt: Read Chapter 9, “The Leech,” from //The Scarlet Letter//. Then write an essay analyzing how Hawthorne uses setting, allusion, metaphor, irony, diction, and tone to reveal character.


 * __//Roger Chillingworth and Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale//__**

**//Setting//**
=  =   Since the beginning of the chapter, the place in which all of the main events take place is in a house by a cemetery. This house is owned by a widowed woman that allows them to stay there so that Chillingworth can take care of the towns beloved priest. This setting includes a great deal of symbolism. Since the location of the house is close to the cemetery, it foreshadows both Chillingworth's and Dimmesdales impending death,

"After a time, at a hint from Chillingworth, the friends of Mr. Dimmedale effected an arrangement by which the two were in the same house; so that every ebb and flow of the minister's life tide could pass under the eye of his anxious and attached physician." (pg.123)

1. Their is a biblical allusion in //The Leech// through the character Robert Chillingworth. This is because the townspeople see Chillingworth as some sort of "Godly" character. They see him as someone that is actually going to save their priest and not try to harm him in any way.They do have a feeling though that there is some "darkness" in Chillingworth's character.
 * //Allusion//**

"Who knew that heaven promotes its purposes without aiming at the stage effect which is called miraculous interposition, were inclined to see a providential hand in Robert Chillingworth's so opportune arrival." (pg.120) 2. The term leech is the Puritan word for doctor in //The Scarlet Letter.// A leech is also a parasite that sucks blood from animals.

//-Darkness: This foreshadow's Chillingworth's upcoming relevation of who he really is and what his purpose is.// 1. The Leech- This can be used to visualize Chillingworth as a leech. By imagining Chillingworth as a leech, it is possible to visualize him trying to take the life out of Dimmesdale because of the revenge and vengance that he feels towards Dimmesdale.
 * //Imagery//**

1. Chillingworth convinces Dimmesdale to live under the same roof so that Chillingworth can take care of Dimmesdale at all times. The irony in this is that Dimmesdale isn’t really sick; his mind is actually in need of healing. “…[Dimmesdale] was often observed, on any slight alarm or other sudden accident, to put his hand over his heart, with first a flush and then a paleness, indicative of pain” (pg. 110). This shows that his pain came from his heart, as in emotional pain.
 * //Irony//**

KGalvan LAtwood RKnapp

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Works Cited: "The Scarlet Latter by Nathaniel Hawthorne". The Literature Network. 4/28/08 <[|http://www.online-literature.com/hawthorne/scarletletter/>.