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How do sin or the perception of sin, along with guilt and revenge, affect people physically, psychologically, and emotionally?

The guilt from the sin that Dimmesdale had committed, started to make him sick. He wasn't actually sick, it was more of just a very unsteady feeling. Chillingworth noticed that he wasn't actually sick and that he needed to try to "dig deeper" into this case. The idea that he sinned and got Hester pregnant with their child made him go crazy. He was psychologically and emotionally unstable because of all of this. He didn't know what to do with his life. He was so lost and confused.

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1. "Come away, Mother! Come away, or yonder old Black Man will catch you! He hath got hold of the minister already. Come away, Mother, or he will catch you!" Anaphora

2. ".....like a sexton delving into a grave..." Simile

3. "....like the reflection of a furnace...." Simile

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"I must needs look deeper into it, A strange sympathy betwixt soul and body!"

Explanation:
This shows that he knows something is not normal with this issue. Something much deeper is happening than he can see.

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"He to whom only the outward and physical evil is laid open, knoweth, oftentimes, but half the evil which he is called upon to cure. A bodily disease, which we look upon as whole and entire within itself, may, after all, be but a symptom of some ailment in the spiritual part."

Explanation:
Chillingworth is hinting at what Dimmesdale is hiding. He wants to try to make him crack and tell him everything.

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"Come away, Mother! Come away, or yonder old Black Man will catch you! He hath got hold of the minister already. Come away, Mother, or he will catch you! But he cannot catch little Pearl!"

Explanation:
This shows how strange Pearl can act and that she might actually be the child of sin.

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"I saw her the other day, bespatter the Governor himself with water, at the cattle trough in Spring Lane. What, in Heaven's name, is she? Is the imp altogether evil? Hath she affections? Hath she any discoverable principle of being?"

Explanation:
This shows that they think Pearl is an evil force because she came from the sinful act that Hester committed.

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"Many, many a poor soul hath given its confidence to me, not only on the deathbed, but while strong in life, and fair in reputation. And ever, after strong and outpouring. O, what a relief have I witnessed in those sinful brethren!"

Explanation:
The clergyman is trying to get Chillingworth to tell him his sins and his story.

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"They are new to me. I found them growing on a grace which bore no tombstone, nor other memorial of the dead man, save these ugly weeds that have taken upon themselves to keep him in remembrance. They grew out of his heart, and typify, it may be, some hideous secret that was buried with him, and which he had done better to confess during his lifetime."

Explanation:
Chillingworth is explaining what he and Dimmesdale could go through. They both have this secret that they cant tell anyone.

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"In other words, Mr. Dimmesdale, whose sensibility of nerve often produced the effect of spiritual intuition, would become vaguely aware that something inimical to his peace had thrust itself into relation with him."

Explanation:
Dimmesdale has a feeling about Chillingworth. He can tell that he isn't a good person and is trying to push himself into Dimmesdale's life.

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"But as he proceeded, a terrible fascination, a kind of fierce, though still calm, necessity seized the old man within its gripe and never set him free again, until he had done all its bidding."

Explanation:
This quote shows that Chillingworth is changing into a terrible man. He is letting this take over his mind and completely control him in negative ways.