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Literary analysis:

In literature the color scarlet is often much more than a simple hue—it acts as a vivid signifier of both emotional intensity and ceremonial grandeur. Writers describe scarlet uniforms and cloaks as marks of military and aristocratic pride ([1], [2], [3]), while its presence in nature—from brilliant blossoms to eye-catching berries—imbues natural scenes with an almost hypnotic allure ([4], [5], [6]). Scarlet also frequently denotes powerful internal states, with characters’ faces or actions turning scarlet to express embarrassment, passion, or heightened emotion ([7], [8], [9]). Perhaps nowhere is this dual function more memorable than in works like The Scarlet Letter, where the color both decorates and condemns ([10]).

The general is depicted in the scarlet uniform of the British Army.
— from Guide to Historic Plymouth: Localities and Objects of Interest by A. S. (Alfred Stevens) Burbank
“THE ADMIRAL WAS SPLENDIDLY ROBED IN A BRILLIANT SCARLET CLOAK OVER HIS RICH AND GLITTERING ARMOR, AND HELD THE ROYAL STANDARD IN HIS OWN HAND.”
— from Diego Pinzon and the Fearful Voyage He Took Into the Unknown Ocean A.D. 1492 by John Russell Coryell
This was a nickname for the regular troops, who were dressed in scarlet uniforms.
— from The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775 With Numerous Illustrative Notes by Abraham Tomlinson
When the bean-vines began to flower on the poles, there was one particular variety which bore a vivid scarlet blossom.
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by Frank Edgar Farley and George Lyman Kittredge
Strings of scarlet peppers, bunches of dried herbs, gourds of varied quaint shapes, hung swaying from the rafters.
— from The Raid of The Guerilla, and Other Stories by Mary Noailles Murfree
And we could hardly step without treading the little bright scarlet berries under foot."
— from Ruth by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Nettie's face was scarlet.
— from Gigolo by Edna Ferber
interrupted Joy, her face growing suddenly scarlet.
— from The Lady of North Star by Ottwell Binns
Having read it in silence once—twice—three times, she crumpled it in her hand and dashed out of the room scarlet with shame and anger.
— from Dorothy's House Party by Evelyn Raymond
The scarlet letter.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1969 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

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