Entry 14:
"the symbol was not mere scarlet cloth, tinged in an earthly dye-pot, but was red-hot with internal fire, and could be seen glowing all alight, whenever Hester Prynne walked abroad in the night-time.
Red-hot light: (Red)Hot~Hell Fires Light~Scarlet Light Red~Scarlet
They're all connected, and compare back to the sin of the scarlet letter. It mentions 'earthly dye-pot' as the golden thread surrounding it, and it compares the levels of the earth; you can see the golden sun from earth, and can see the fires of hell from below.
Rori - good picking out of diction. Have you researched what red or scarlet as a color can symbolize?
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