Question

What is the role played by the swindlers and the dupes in the alchemist?

Answer 1

the role played by swindlers was of an activist

Answer 2

Dapper, Drugger, and Mammon are the principal dupes who are fully convinced about the genuineness of the alchemist's art. Kastril is another fellow who is taken in by the claims and pretensions of Subtle. Face keeps all the time blowing Subtle's trumpet.