Mistress Hibbins, the sister of a governor, and described as an old witch lady, invited Hester to the Forest. Mistress Hibbins says, “There will be a merry company in the forest; and I wellnigh promised the Black Man that comely Hester Prynne should make one,” (Hawthorne 106). The quote shows a “witch” inviting Hester to the Forest to meet the “Black Man” or, the Devil. In the Forest, Hester rips off her scarlet letter, which she wore to showcase her sin, and Sunlight shines upon her. Hawthorne describes, “ … with a sudden smile of heaven, forth burst the sunshine, pouring a very flood into the obscure forest …” (Hawthorne 183). When Hester broke through, and overcame her sin, the Sunlight broke through the leaves of the trees. The Sunlight coming from heaven was good, and the Forest where the Black Man roams is bad. Sunlight in the Forest shows
Mistress Hibbins, the sister of a governor, and described as an old witch lady, invited Hester to the Forest. Mistress Hibbins says, “There will be a merry company in the forest; and I wellnigh promised the Black Man that comely Hester Prynne should make one,” (Hawthorne 106). The quote shows a “witch” inviting Hester to the Forest to meet the “Black Man” or, the Devil. In the Forest, Hester rips off her scarlet letter, which she wore to showcase her sin, and Sunlight shines upon her. Hawthorne describes, “ … with a sudden smile of heaven, forth burst the sunshine, pouring a very flood into the obscure forest …” (Hawthorne 183). When Hester broke through, and overcame her sin, the Sunlight broke through the leaves of the trees. The Sunlight coming from heaven was good, and the Forest where the Black Man roams is bad. Sunlight in the Forest shows