ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Chillingworth means that anywhere Dimmesdale could’ve gone to escape, Chillingworth would be able to find him. However, the scaffold is the only place of escape, because there, the minister confesses is sin before the public, resolving all inner guilt and turmoil.

Detailed explanation-2: -After the sermon, the church sexton hands Dimmesdale a black glove that was found on the scaffold. The sexton recognized it as the minister’s, but concluded only that Satan must have been up to some mischief.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dimmesdale asks if she intends to mock him, and she replies that she is punishing him for his refusal to stand in public with her and her mother. Chillingworth approaches and coaxes Dimmesdale down, saying that the minister must have sleepwalked his way up onto the scaffold. Dimmesdale and Chillingworth return home.

Detailed explanation-4: -At the end of the novel, Dimmesdale makes a speech and exposes his chest to the community gathered around the scaffold, then dies.