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* Max Beerbohm's ''The Happy Hypocrite'' And why is he happy? Because he [[Becoming the Mask|became the mask]]. Literally.
* Henry Crawford of ''[[Mansfield Park]]'' claims to be a [[Ladykiller in Love]] with the heroine, yet has no problem running off with her cousin after proposing to her and considering them engaged; fancies himself a [[Prince Charming]] who wants to make Fanny Price happy, yet deliberately averts [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]] because, truthfully, [[It's All About Me]]. In contex, even ''he'' has no idea how contradictory his statements and actions are.
* In ''[[The Diamond Age]]'' hypocrisy is examined by several characters, notably Finkle-
{{quote|"We take a somewhat different view of hypocrisy,” Finkle-
“That we occasionally violate our own stated moral code,” Major Napier said, working it through, “does not imply that we are insincere in espousing that code.” }}
* There's a very subtle example in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' (which is explained outright in ''[[Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth|Unfinished Talesof Numenor and Middleearth]]''). Saruman openly berates Gandalf for his use of tobacco, but in private, in an attempt to imitate Gandalf, becomes addicted to pipeweed himself. Note that in [[The Lord of the Rings (film)|the movie]], Saruman says, "Your love of the halflings' leaf has clearly slowed your mind" but Merry and Pippin find several large barrels of tobacco in Saruman's home later on.
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