"A man burdened with a secret should especially avoid the intimacy of his phisician."
I particularly enjoyed this qoute because, well, it's very true. Especially after we were talking about the pyscho somatic effects of holding secret guilt, keeping a secret from a physician seems impossible. Once the physician sees the tangible effects on the body, he is obviously going to try to find the cause of them...ESPECIALLY WHEN THE PHYSICIAN IS CHILLINGWORTH! That is the second reason I like this quote so much, it is extraoidinarily ironic. The physician in this case is Rodger Chillingworth, the husband of Hester. If Dimmesdale was going to keep the secret from anyone it should be him. Yet, Dimmesdale is becoming intimatley close with Chillingworth, they are even living in a house together!!!!! So pretty much, it is inevitable that Dinnesdale's secret is going to come out. Oh Dimmesdale, what HAVE you gotten yourself into?
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