Hester meets Dimmesdale in the forest because they love the place.
Arthur was in the forest when Hester decided to meet with him.
Arthur had gone to the forest when Hester decided to meet with him.
Hester plans to meet Dimmesdale in the forest outside of town. This secluded and natural setting allows them to have a private and intimate conversation away from the judgmental eyes of society.
Hester meets up with Chillingworth in the prison where she is being held for her public shaming. Chillingworth arrives in the colony and poses as a doctor in order to gain access to Hester and extract information about her relationship with Dimmesdale.
If I'm not mistaken, Hester did not meet Chillingworth in the forest. She met him in the prison and on a beach (I believe). During the first interaction, he asked her to pretend she didn't know him. During the second, she asked him to stop torturing Dimmesdale.
Mistress Hibbins is a witch, who attends meetings in the woods and is said to hang out with the Black Man, which is the devil.
Hester told Pearl that she came from the forest where the Black Man lives.
He underwent a dramatic transformation as he walks through the forest.
Twice, in the forest and when she leaves.
Because she is a complicated symbol of an act of love and passion.
Hester is surprised and taken aback by Dimmesdale's sudden appearance in the forest. She is shaken by his gaunt and spiritually tormented appearance, which is a stark contrast to his public persona as a revered and respected minister.
Hester Prynne meets her husband, Roger Chillingworth, in England before she immigrates to America. They are separated for a time, and she has an affair that results in her daughter Pearl, before they are reunited in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, where the events of "The Scarlet Letter" take place.