Occasionally, in a novel, the author connects two characters so that one character cannot exist without his counterpart. Hawthorne used this tactic in The Scarlet Letter. Dimmesdale and Chillingworth are two characters that Hawthorne has intertwined and they depend on each other to survive. For Chillingworth, this holds a literal meaning because after Dimmesdale's death, the narrator describes Chillingworth by saying, "All his strength and energy - all his vital and intellectual force - seemed to leave him suddenly, so much so that he withered away, withered." , and almost disappeared from the sight of mortals. In the next paragraph he informs us that Chillingworth died within the year. This is because revenge on Dimmesdale was Chillingworth's sole purpose in life. However, the addiction also applies to Dimmesdale. Dimmesdale finds relief in Chillingworth's presence. Chapters twenty-three and twenty-four flawlessly show Chillingworth's dependence on Dimmesdale. In chapter twenty-four it says: “This unhappy man had made the very principle of his life consist in the search and systematic exercise of revenge; and when, with its fullest triumph and consummation, that evil principle was left with no more material to support it, when, in short, there was no more devilish work to be done on earth, it remained only for the unhumanized mortal to undertake. where his Master would find him enough tasks and pay him his wages duly. Chillingworth's existence was like fire, and after his fuel supply was exhausted, he died. Once Dimmesdale died, his fuel was removed and he slowly faded from existence. Hawthorne also proposes an interesting theory that hate and love are essentially at the heart of the card in Dimmesdale's vicinity, so his intimacy with Dimmesdale prompted his transformation into a vengeful, blood-sucking psychopath. In the first paragraph of chapter ten Hawthorne says, "But, as he went on, a terrible fascination, a sort of fierce, though still calm, necessity took the old man in its grasp, and never released him again." It was then that the roots of his obsession sprouted and bound around his soul. Hawthorne's knowledge of psychology is crucial to establishing a connection between Chillingworth and Dimmesdale. Whether it is his theory on the symmetry of love and hate, or his focus on revenge and relief, they help establish a connection between Chillingworth and Dimmesdale. Dimmesdale needs Chillingworth to ease the burden of his religion, and Chillingworth needs Dimmesdale's torture and pain to sustain him..