In chapter 9 there is a passage sets up an interesting contrast between two types of men. What is this contrast, and how is it likely to shape the...

of s
is titled The Leech. This title tells the reader a lot about the
primaryin the novel, . As a leech lives by feeding off the blood of another, Chillingworth,
under the guise of a physician, is going to devote his life to secretly undermining and
torturing Reverend .

Hawthornes intent, however, is not immediately evident.
Most of the chapter discusses the budding relationship between Chillingworth and Dimmesdale. It
sounds like they will grow to be good friends who have a positive effect on each other. In fact,
Dimmesdale appreciates Chillingworths intelligence and education:

"There
was a fascination for the minister in the company of the man of science, in whom he recognized
an intellectual cultivation of no moderate depth or scope, together with a range and freedom of
ideas that he would have vainly looked for among the members of his own
profession."

In other words, Dimmesdale is...