The Leech Chapter Summary

A leech is an animal or person who sucks either the blood or information out of another respectively. The act of leeching is to exploit someone or something. Chillingsworth falsification of his name to become a doctor for Dimmesdale is the eponymy of a leech. He uses this natural leeching type of treatment to cure Dimmesdale while all he wants is for Dimmesdale to be sucked out of all of his feeling. The dehumanizing treatment is emotionally grueling for the sickening Dimmesdale. Much like a leech at first it is a small interesting creature as this new doctor who is going to save Dimmesdale is seen, but over time you will see the leech for its harmful intentions much like how the town sees Chilingsworth turn from the curing miracle angel to a devil like human.
The setting in chapter takes place in a widow’s house near a cemetery. Dimmsdales room is full of posters regarding the sin of adultery and its
The title of the chapter "The Leech", is the comparing Chillingworth with a leech which alludes to the sort of mysterious, old, and evil side of him. Overall, the author uses aspects of figurative language to make his reading more interesting. Comparing and contrasting people makes his reading more and more interesting. As far as metaphors are concerned, the title, "The Leech", is a metaphor referring to Chillingworth and how mysterious and weird he is. The leech is an ongoing metaphor, found throughout the chapter that describes Chillingworth. The society finds a feeling of escape in throwing people with sin “under the bus” because it makes them feel that they are not in the wrong ways when in fact they all have done wrong. It analyzes how society must be acceptance of flaws for there to be peace. Which would in turn bring the good out of people and less sin so Hawthorne’s entire story is ironic upon itself to the aspect that sin may not be the end all of everything and that all people have good in