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Besides "brand a scarlet letter on your chest" refers to Arthur Dimsdale in the Scarlet Letter, not Hester Prynne, whose letter was "masterfully embroidered" and took on the meaning "able" rather than adulterer.
Besides "brand a scarlet letter on your chest" refers to Arthur Dimsdale in the Scarlet Letter, not Hester Prynne, whose letter was "masterfully embroidered" and took on the meaning "able" rather than adulterer.