's quote
is as follows:
Be true! Be true! Be true! Show freely to
the world, if not your worst, yet some trait whereby the worst may be inferred!
At the root of this challenge is telling the truth: being honest.
The quote urges the listener to be honest with the worldif not in sharing one's worst trait,
then by at least hinting that there is an imperfection. This seems to refer to exposing one's
sinful nature, if not the specific sin itself. And
this is especially appropriate for the Reverend .
In Nathaniel Hawthorne's
, one man has engaged in an adulterous relationship withyears before: but
Dimmesdale has never accepted responsibility for his part in their affair.
Hester has given birth to their child and been punished and humiliated before the entire
community, but she has refused to expose the man who has fathered her child, who is also guilty
of the sin.
Dimmesdale is a man torn between wanting to live a
righteous...
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