<span>Dimmesdale asks Pearl to kiss him. She does, and "a spell was broken ... her tears fell upon her father's cheek, they were the pledge that she would grow up amid human joy and sorrow, nor forever do battle with the world. Towards her mother, too, Pearl's errand as a messenger of anguish was all fulfilled."</span>
They: evoke an emotional response, appeal to the readers' sense of logic, and also help the reader avoid seeming biased to readers. Rhetorical appeals use pathos, logos, and ethos to persuade the reader.
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