"But a lie is never good, even though death threaten on the other side! Dost thou not see what I would say? That old man!—the physician!—he whom they call Roger Chillingworth!—he was my husband!”
Hester finally tells Dimmesdale her secret. The only secret that was left in her. But why did she tell Chillingworth before? Does she think she is strong enough to stand Chillingworth? She might is - but what about Dimmesdale? Is he? I think he might is not. He even has problems to forgive Hester. Then why did Hester tell him about Chillingworth, even though she knows that he might is not strong enough to handle that?
"A lie is never good" This is loaded. She feared Chillingworth at the beginning, and later she feared Dimmesdale's response. She has finally become strong enough to stand up to the truth.
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