ter Dimmesdale confesses, Chillingworth no longer feels there is a reason to live. He dies within a year after Dimmesdale dies. This shows that the only thing Chillingworth had in him was evil and since that had nothing else to feed on, he died. Overall, the Letter A meant several different things to several different people. Each character had a different role, therefore the letter was supposed to take on different meanings. The Scarlet Letter always meant adulteress but in the end on the gravestone of Dimmesdale and Hester it meant forgiveness, love, and togetherness. ...
