The Minister's Vigil
When Dimmesdale is standing on the scaffold, Revrand Wilson walks past without noticing him. Then, soon after that, Hester and Pearl walk past and do notice him. He asks if they would like to join him, and they accept, and walk up to the scaffold. This makes him feel warm, and gives him a small sense of salvation.
Pearl asks Dimmesdale if he could join her and her mother on the scaffold in daylight where people could see, and he says in due time. When she asks when, he says on the great judgement day. They then see Chillingworth in the distance. Dimmesdale asks Pearl who he really is and she doesn't tell him. She teaches him a lesson: Reveil the truth about yourself, and the truth about others will be reveiled. This is what he needs to do, not about finding out about Chillingworth, but for his inner anguish. If he reviels his adultery, Pearl will become a real person, rather than a spirit, and he all of his followers will look at him in a new light.
Just another way Pearl tries to fix everything..
How does Pearl teach Dimmesdale this lesson? What specific text back up this idea?
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