What was pearls answer to mr wilson

They think he's a pitiful minister. They think he's practically a saint. They think he's a horrible sinner. They think he's a weak man who succumbed to the temptations of life. Where did Mr. Dimmesdale go at midnight? To the forest. To Hester's house. To the scaffolding. To see Chillingworth.

What did Pearl ask Mr. If he was her father. If he was a brother to the devil. If he would help her mother make a better life for them. What "sign" did the meteor make in the sky? A crucifix. A frown. A pitchfork. Where had Mr. Wilson, Hester, Pearl and Roger Chillingworth been that night, that they would all be walking by the scaffolding at midnight? In the forest.

Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4. Original Text Modern Text Governor Bellingham stepped through the window into the hall, followed by his three guests. Governor Bellingham stepped through the window and into the hall. His three guests followed. The point hath been weightily discussed, whether we, that are of authority and influence, do well discharge our consciences by trusting an immortal soul, such as there is in yonder child, to the guidance of one who hath stumbled and fallen, amid the pitfalls of this world.

What canst thou do for the child, in this kind? We have discussed whether we, who have the authority, are right to entrust the immortal soul of this child to your guidance. You have tripped and fallen amid the pitfalls of this world. Speak, mother of this child! What can you do for this child? Good Master Wilson, I pray you, examine this Pearl,—since that is her name,—and see whether she hath had such Christian nurture as befits a child of her age.

But the child, unaccustomed to the touch or familiarity of any but her mother, escaped through the open window and stood on the upper step, looking like a wild, tropical bird, of rich plumage, ready to take flight into the upper air. Wilson, not a little astonished at this outbreak,—for he was a grandfatherly sort of personage, and usually a vast favorite with children,—essayed, however, to proceed with the examination. The old minister sat down in an armchair and tried to set Pearl between his knees.

She looked like a wild tropical bird with colorful feathers, ready to take flight high into the sky. Wilson was quite surprised by her escape, for he was a grandfatherly type and children usually loved him. Although Pearl has been given lessons in religion and the Bible by her mother, Pearl refuses to answer correctly. Wilson's questions, the child finally announced that she had not been made at all, but had been plucked by her mother off the bush of wild roses that grew by the prison-door.

Roger Chillingworth smiles at this response, and Hester notices at this moment that his facial features have changed - his face looks darker and more misshapen than before. Governor Bellingham concludes from Pearl's answer that she must be taken from Hester. Hester responds violently to this suggestion, and, in her fury, turns suddenly to the Reverend Dimmesdale, who was her pastor. I will not lose the child! Speak for me! Thou knowest, - for thou hast sympathies which these men lack!

Look thou to it! Look to it! Dimmesdale responds with a solid argument for Hester to keep Pearl, saying that Pearl is as much a curse - a constant reminder - as she is a blessing. Pearl responds to this argument by approaching Dimmesdale, taking his hand, and pressing it against her cheek in an uncharacteristically gentle way.

As she leaves Governor Bellingham's house, Hester is stopped by Mistress Hibbins , Bellingham's sister, who, a few years later, is executed as a witch. Mistress Hibbins invites Hester to join the "Black Man" in the forest that night, but Hester declines, saying that, with Pearl, she cannot do any such thing, even if she might want to.

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