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...told who the father of her child, Pearl, forcing her to be without a father. Hester not telling also caused Dimmesdale to live in torture every day. Hester also hurt chillingworth because of what she did and because of her, his life was destroyed and the only thing he could do was seek revenge against the man who had been with her. Hester's child, Pearl had to be raised by only one parent and that caused the child to be less disciplined and more outrageous making the townspeople more suspicious of who the child's father was. It also caused the Church leaders to wonder about the religious stability of the child, and if there might be witchcraft involved. If Hester had just announced that Dimmesdale was the father he would have never have lived through all the guilt that she forced him into. Dimmesdale was a weak and guilty man because of Hester's silence. Chillengsworth was mad and wanted to seek revenge on dimsdale since Hester had broken their marriage and Chillengsworth's trust in her. She had turned Chillengsworth into a fiend, "I have already told thee what I am, a ...