isses her mother and kisses the scarlet letter. Pearl cannot accept Dissmedale as her father until he accepts and publicly confesses his sin. “Doth he love us? Will he go back with us, hand in hand, *POEST, 5*we three go together into town?” (166). Pearl is again implying that she wants her father to expose his scarlet letter.When Dismmedale confesses his sin, Pearl is no longer a creation of secret passion, but the daughter of a minister and a beautiful young woman. From the moment Dismmedale makes this confession Pearl’s bond with nature weakens and her human bond strengthens. “Pearl kissed his lips. A spell was broken” (196). The kiss is a kiss of life, from this kiss Pearl develops all of her sympathies. Tears begin falling from her eyes onto her father’s cheek, with each tear drop Pearl’s bond with nature was dying and her humanity was growing. Pearl is able to live her life with out the weight of her mother’s sin on her shoulders and in her soul. Pearl is finally given the opportunity to feel joy and sorrow and grow up as a woman not a symbol of sin. Pearl finally gets the life she deserves. She wants the truth to be known to all. She is finally acknowledged as a real human, that has a mother and a father. ...
