Public Humiliation
Public humiliation was a acceptance with the Puritans, and how they treated people who sinned. Nathaniel Hawthorne made Hester Prynne the main character the one who committed the biggest sin of all. Adultery, and she wore A on her chest that only changed her appearance. ‘’Concerns Raised on ‘’Scarlet Letter’’ for Drunk Drivers”. By Toni Locy thinks its ok to put a letter on the driver's licence of people that drink and drive.
The Scarlet Letter does not serve as a punishment to change Hester but to the townspeople, and to her daughter Pearl as she learns from her mother's mistakes. Aids in a lesson of not only righteousness but forgiveness to the public eye. Toni Locy in his article wants to publicly humiliate people …show more content…
‘’Her beauty, the warmth and richness of her womanhood, departed, like fading sunshine; and a gray shadow seemed to fall across her.’’ The quote shows how when Hester put the A back on her chest it only changed Hester's appearance, not the way she acts. Also the quote says everything went gray, colorless sayin the womely glow went away when the letter went on her chest. ‘’’This is absurd, absolutely absurd,’’’ said Daniel J. O’Connell. The quote says on how Daniel does not agree on how the letter on a drunk driver's licence is just absurd and does not belong. The other argument is that public humiliation is a good and it's changed Hester mentally other than physically. ‘’Happy are you, Hester, that wear the scarlet letter openly upon your bosom; Mine burns in secret. (Hawthorne 188). Arthur Dimmesdale says this to Hester and thinks she has changed because she acted different from when she stranded on the scaffold. This quote also shows how Dimmesdale thinks if he shows everyone what's on his chest they would feel better about the secret he has kept. ‘’’If you don’t want a mark on your license, don’t drink and drive and you won’t have
Public humiliation was a acceptance with the Puritans, and how they treated people who sinned. Nathaniel Hawthorne made Hester Prynne the main character the one who committed the biggest sin of all. Adultery, and she wore A on her chest that only changed her appearance. ‘’Concerns Raised on ‘’Scarlet Letter’’ for Drunk Drivers”. By Toni Locy thinks its ok to put a letter on the driver's licence of people that drink and drive.
The Scarlet Letter does not serve as a punishment to change Hester but to the townspeople, and to her daughter Pearl as she learns from her mother's mistakes. Aids in a lesson of not only righteousness but forgiveness to the public eye. Toni Locy in his article wants to publicly humiliate people …show more content…
‘’Her beauty, the warmth and richness of her womanhood, departed, like fading sunshine; and a gray shadow seemed to fall across her.’’ The quote shows how when Hester put the A back on her chest it only changed Hester's appearance, not the way she acts. Also the quote says everything went gray, colorless sayin the womely glow went away when the letter went on her chest. ‘’’This is absurd, absolutely absurd,’’’ said Daniel J. O’Connell. The quote says on how Daniel does not agree on how the letter on a drunk driver's licence is just absurd and does not belong. The other argument is that public humiliation is a good and it's changed Hester mentally other than physically. ‘’Happy are you, Hester, that wear the scarlet letter openly upon your bosom; Mine burns in secret. (Hawthorne 188). Arthur Dimmesdale says this to Hester and thinks she has changed because she acted different from when she stranded on the scaffold. This quote also shows how Dimmesdale thinks if he shows everyone what's on his chest they would feel better about the secret he has kept. ‘’’If you don’t want a mark on your license, don’t drink and drive and you won’t have