The Scarlet Letter

Comment on the following lines:I whom you behold in these black garments of the priesthood...am utterly a pollution and a lie.

chapter 11

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Chapter 11- Dimmesdale feels unworthy of the robes he wears and the God he serves. He cites himself a fraud, a lie, unworthy of the task he was given to serve and lead the people.