Reverend Dimmesdale is a savior to the town and a man Hawthorne suggests is worshipped more than God. Yet in a moment of weakness, he finds comfort in the arms of Hester Prynne and a child is born. Dimmesdale never make

Roger Chillingworth is the most obvious example of being untrue because he hasn’t confessed to his true identity. He comes to the town in the middle of the first scaffold scene, held in the middle of the day, when Hester is forced to stand on the scaffold with Pearl until the townspeople see fit. Hester recognizes him in the crowd, but he silences her and begins portraying himself as a doctor by the name of Roger Chillingworth. He finds himself immediately in the favor of the townspeople, but as the novel unfolds, he begins to lose their trust and rumors begin to spread about what kind of man he is. Hester commits her second sin by claiming that she hates him, and she repeats this sentiment to Pearl and Dimmesdale. Dimmesdale is afraid of Chillingworth, and Chillingworth begins to be seen as a devilish figure and enemy of those things that are pure. To the townspeople, he is a man that is vicious without merit, yet if they knew his true identity, there wouldn’t be as much questioning as to why he harasses both Pearl and Hester.

Hester Prynne loves Reverend Dimmesdale with her whole being. For such a true, outspoken person, she hides her feelings tremendously well until the end of the novel when her exterior persona begins to break. It is then that she urges Dimmesdale to flee with her and Pearl so they can become a family. Hester, unused to hiding anything, save Pearl’s f

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