... Dimmesdale, as Hester took part in the adultery. His other greatest sin was hypocrisy, "Dimmesdale who loves truth, lives a lie. He sinks deeper in to falsehood and becomes a powerfully effective preacher of the truth."" The covertness of Dimmesdale tore away at his soul until his lie is expunged by his public confession ( Steward 171). Roger Chillingsworth's sins are numbered like the ... ...

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