Secrets. We Have Them, We Hide Them, but Can We Live With Them? Refers to "The scarlet letter" by Hawthorne

Secrets. We Have Them, We Hide Them, but Can We Live With Them?         Deception is defined by Webster's Dictionary as the art of misrepresentation. Throughout the history of mankind, the use of deception to promote oneself to a higher level, or to hide one's past, has been a common occurrence. In the novel The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne , Chillingworth and Dimmesdale both use deception to hide secrets from each other, and from the rest …

…have something to do with the word 'heart.' Whenever the author talks about the 'A' or about Hester, not referring to Dimmesdale, he uses the words ' bosom' or 'chest'.         In the novel The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale and Doctor Roger Chillingworth hide secrets from the other characters. Hester Prynne is the only character who knows about these secrets. Dimmesdale and Chilling worth are masters in the art of deception.