Forgivenance In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlett Letter

Two types of remorse are encountered in psychology. Narcissistically-based remorse, which derives from feelings of shame because of the belief that one, has not fulfilled his potential; and Superego-based remorse, which produces feelings of guilt, because of the knowledge of the his or her wrong doings. In superego-based remorse, there are many subcategories; self remorse, forced remorse, shallow remorse, as well as inward remorse. In the book the Scarlett Letter, Hester prim, who committed a crime, was shamed by the entire town, condemned to forever where a symbol on her dress, and almost had her child taken away. But even after numerous other threats, she still would not drag Arthur Dimsdale into the matter. Inwardly she felt remorse, but never less, outwardly one could not clearly see that. The scarlet letter represented a punishment by public shame. Although in today’s society we will not force wrong doers to wear symbolic symbols on their clothing, but the Scarlett letter is still relevant today. Our modern day Scarlett letter comes in the form of the internet …show more content…
Provided that there are many different types of individuals on the internet, social Media is used for good, but mostly commonly rumors are created, inappropriate pictures are uploaded, information is leaked, and countless people are shamed per day. However, as soon as information reaches the internet, there is no way of getting it back off. As Dr. Daniel J. Solove said in his book The Future of Reputation “When one puts information on the internet, it can easily become like Frankenstein’s monster, escaping the dominion of its master.” Just as in the Scarlett letter public shaming, whether it was in the 18th century or today, will place a permanent mark on you. With that make you can either move on and make something new of yourself or you can curl up and slowly be destroyed from the inside