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What is the meaning of this quote from "The Scarlet Letter"


“Be not silent from any mistaken pity and tenderness for him; for, believe me, Hester, though he were to step down from a high place, and stand there beside thee, on thy pedestal of shame, yet better were it so, than to hide a guilty heart through life.”

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The meaning of this quote from the scarlet letter is how in some of Dimmersdales mannerisms he finds himself feeling sorry for himself. Pity.
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