Difficulty paper Scarlet Letter

I found it difficult to understand Hester’s husbands Chillingworth’s character throughout the book. I especially found it difficult to understand him when Hester finds that he has come to the town early on in the book and agrees to keep him a secret from the town and the Dimmesdale. Hester later tells Dimmesdale about the truth about Chillingworth character but only when Dimmesdale is most fragile.  I found it odd that the townspeople never really questioned his presence but thought he had fallen from the sky or risen from the earth. From that people thought his presence was a miracle, which seems a little bit ridiculous. I found it strange that Hester wouldn’t warn Dimmesdale about living with the man who had sworn to find out who Pearl’s father was destroy him.  The townspeople later say a physical change since Dimmesdale and Chillingworth moved in, they saw Chillingworth face become more deformed. They saw something ugly and evil in his face.  The townspeople throughout this especially got me angry. They judge every person in the town so easily and every time their judgment is very superficial. I also found it odd the relationship between Pearl and Hester because it seems that see loves Pearl devoutly but also finds peace when she sleeps. The whole town she’s her as a odd child but so does Hester. Which I find weird because that’s her daughter and yet she occasionally seems baffled by her too.