In a word… analyzed and gloated over (PG 148)
Roger Chillingworth wasn’t keeping Dimmesdale a secret because he was doing him a favor, or because he didn’t want people to find out who he really was. He was keeping it a secret so he could slowly torture Dimmesdale and keep him a live so he suffered. This relates Chillingworth back to the devil because they both like to torture people.
Go deeper than the connection that they "both like to torture people". This is true but it generalizes the connection.
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