The Only Use of
duplicity
in
The Scarlet Letter
- In order to free his mind from this indistinctness and duplicity of impression, which vexed it with a strange disquietude, he recalled and more thoroughly defined the plans which Hester and himself had sketched for their departure.
p. 144.4duplicity = deception -- such as lying
Definition:
deception (lying to or misleading others) -- usually over an extended period