Hypocrisy in "The Scarlet Letter" by Hawthorne

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is about the trials and
tribulations of Hester Prynne, a woman living in colonial Boston. Found
guilty of adultery, Hester's punishment is to wear a visible symbol of her sin:
the scarlet letter 'A.' Through the book, the reader comes to know Hester,
the adulteress; Dimmesdale, the holy man Hester had the affair with; and
Chillingworth, the estranged husband of Hester who is out for revenge. The
Scarlet Letter examines the interaction of these characters and the reaction
of these characters to Hester's sin. Although Hester's sin is at first…