Who says 'Wilt thou go with us to-night? There will be a merry company in the forest.'?

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Who says 'Wilt thou go with us to-night? There will be a merry company in the forest.'?

This line shows a moment where the forest is a place of temptation and hidden life outside the strict Puritan world. It’s spoken by Mistress Hibbins, the town’s feared witch, who uses archaic, inviting language to lure Hester Prynne (and Pearl nearby) into the witches’ Sabbath she attends in the forest. The invitation highlights the tension between outward virtue and secret sin, a recurring theme in Hawthorne’s portrayal of characters who live double lives. Hester would not issue such an invitation, and Dimmesdale or Pearl aren’t the ones prompting a night voyage into witchcraft, so the voice clearly belongs to Mistress Hibbins.

This line shows a moment where the forest is a place of temptation and hidden life outside the strict Puritan world. It’s spoken by Mistress Hibbins, the town’s feared witch, who uses archaic, inviting language to lure Hester Prynne (and Pearl nearby) into the witches’ Sabbath she attends in the forest. The invitation highlights the tension between outward virtue and secret sin, a recurring theme in Hawthorne’s portrayal of characters who live double lives. Hester would not issue such an invitation, and Dimmesdale or Pearl aren’t the ones prompting a night voyage into witchcraft, so the voice clearly belongs to Mistress Hibbins.

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