Transcript The Leach and His Patient

The Leach and His Patient
Chapter 10
Summary
• Chillingworth in the beginning is originally an honorable and a kind
man, but ever since his pursuit to find out who Pearls father he has
become and evil and gained an ugly and dark personality.
• He is determined to get Dimmesdale to admit that he is Pearls father.
• Dimmesdale goes to Chillingworth to as him about a pain in his chest
because he is having chest pains.
• They go to a grave yard to collect plants, and Chillingworth explains
how these plants are his secret and that every one has a secret, and
it’s a sign of sin and guilt that should be said to cleanse the soul.
• Dimmesdale claims that Chillingworth is in a fantasy land that, he
has no right to take it upon him and judge weather or not the soul is
cleansed and pure. That if a secret dies with you it is up to heaven to
decide weather or not you shall pass.
• When both men return to the room, they see Pearl and Hester in the
grave yard, and Dimmesdale brings Pearl up asking about a Physical
disorder or illness, and Chillingworth wont give him an answer
because Dimmesdale wont admit to having a dark secret.
• Pearl notices them and takes Hester away calling Chillingworth
the “black man” because he has shown much evil.
• Chillingworth believes Pearl is an Evil Child.
• Dimmesdale wants to know about his chest problem,
Chillingworth says it is an internal problem not a physical
problem.
• Dimmesdale is angered by the answer given, and tells
Chillingworth that he is not doctor of “ medicine of the soul”.
Chillingworth replies the evil is spreading and if he doesn’t
reveal his evil sources it will never go away.
• Dimmesdale refuses to talk to Chillingworth because he is not
God.
• When Dimmesdale leaves Chillingworth reflects on
Dimmesdale’s passion and how easy it is to do a “ wild thing”
with his passion.
• Dimmesdale reads a book until he falls asleep, and
Chillingworth sees what he needs to see under his robe and
leaves happily “Satan's Joyous Dance.”
Vocabulary
• Sexton- an official of a church charged with taking care of the
edifice and its contents, ringing the bell, etc., and sometimes with
burying the dead.
• Typify- to serve as a symbol or emblem of; symbolize; prefigure.
• Perforce- By necessity; by force of circumstance.
• Retribution- Theology. the distribution of rewards and punishments
in a future life.
• Importunate- pertinacious, as solicitations or demands.
• Zeal- fervor for a person, cause, or object; eager desire or
endeavor; enthusiastic diligence; ardor.
• Bygone- Usually, bygones. that which is past
• Imbued- to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions, etc
• Pious- Having or exhibiting religious reverence; earnestly compliant
in the observance of religion; devout
• Betwixt- neither the one nor the other; in a middle or unresolved
position.
• Propagate- to cause to multiply by any process of natural
reproduction from the parent stock
• Penitential- a penitent
• Burrs- a rough or irregular protuberance on any object, as on a tree.
• Tenaciously- pertinacious, persistent, stubborn, or obstinate.
• Adhered- Obsolete. to be consistent.
• Eccentricities- an oddity or peculiarity, as of conduct
• Ailment- a physical disorder or illness, esp. of a minor or chronic
nature.
• Emaciated- to make abnormally lean or thin by a gradual wasting
away of flesh
• Somniferous- bringing or inducing sleep, as drugs or influences
• Initiative- one's personal, responsible decision
• Palliate- To make less severe or intense; mitigate
• Thenceforward- from that time or place onward
Question? We got Answers!
• What kind of man did Roger Chillingworth turn into? And why?
Roger was an honorable and a kind man, but ever since his pursuit to find
out who Pearls father he has become and evil and gained an ugly and dark
personality.
– What information was Chillingworth looking for from Dimmesdale?
Chillingworth wants Dimmesdale to admit he is Pearls father, because
Dimmesdale seems to be hiding something, and he keeps grabbing his
chest like he is in pain.
• What was the significant’s of the two men looking for weeds in the
graveyard? Why?
They go to a grave yard to collect plants, and Chillingworth explains how
these plants are his secret and that every one has a secret, and it’s a sign
of sin and guilt that should be said to cleanse the soul.
• What Was Dimmesdale’s response to Chillingworth?
Dimmesdale claims that Chillingworth is in a fantasy land that, he has no
right to take it upon him and judge weather or not the soul is cleansed and
pure. That if a secret dies with you it is up to heaven to decide weather or
not you shall pass
•
Why did Pearl refer to Roger as a “Black Man”?
Because he has shown much evil since he has been on the hunt to find out
who her father is
• What Problem does Dimmesdale want to know and why is he
angered by Chillingworth’s answer?
Dimmesdale wants to know about his chest problem, Chillingworth says it is
an internal problem not a physical problem. He is angered, because
Chillingworth is not doctor of “ medicine of the soul”.
• When Dimmesdale falls asleep, what does Chillingworth do and
why is he so excited?
Chillingworth sees what he needs to see under his robe and leaves
happily “Satan's Joyous Dance.”