Chapter 4
When Roger Chillingworth entered the room and started to talk to Hester about all the medications he knows about. He observed it as "My old studies in alchemy,..." Alchemy is evil magic, so we know he doesn't want her or her baby anything good, but he doesn't wanna kill them either because he wants her to suffer the pain by wearing the scarlet letter.
Chapter 1
9 years ago
Yes - the use of alchemy is suppose to connect him to magic or the "Black man" and suggest the selfishness of his intent.
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