At first, his expressions….sooty with the smoke (PG 112)
He was being fueled by something from hell and the snear on his face meant he was set on revenge, they can see that but they don’t know what it means. This reconnects Chillingworth with the devil and it shows how bad his intentions are and where they are coming from. It also shows that they aren’t able to figure out how dangerous and motivated Chillingworth is which reinforces his cleverness and sly abilities. And then when it says that his visage was getting sooty with smoke, that meant that that internal fire that he was building was getting to hot and he needed to unleash the firey anger built up inside him, this could lead to him killing Dimmesdale, or harming Hester or the baby.
Good look at the imagery, but would Chillingworth harm Hester or Pearl? Think about the end.
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