Badge of shame

her confession and divulge the name of the father to the entire world: “I charge thee to speak out the name of thy fellow-sinner and fellow- sufferer” even if “he were to step down from a high place, and stand there beside thee, on thy pedestal of shame” (Baym, 288). Hester refuses which forces another priest to raise her voice at her. To which she thunders “Never!” her denial to reveal the name with whom she had established sexual relations, seriously sabotages the Puritan society. They wanted…

Hester Prynne's isolation from society is forced upon her because she committed adultery, an act the society around her perceives as sinful due to their Puritan nature. The community branded Hester with a scarlet letter which is meant to act as a“badge of shame,” setting her apart from the rest of the people in the society (89). The scarlet letter…

Concentration Camp Prisoner Uniforms Ignorance of the Holocaust can be very expensive. Witness what happened to Zara in August, 2014. Zara is a Spanish based clothes retailer and one of the largest in the world. It created a fire storm last August when it opted to retail a children’s shirt which it stated was inspired the American West (picture 1). While its resemblance to the prisoner uniforms worn by concentration camp inmates is obvious, Zara defended itself by noting the word “sheriff” was…

In her story Gaby stresses that teen pregnancy is glorious or a wonderful experience. In her memoir Gaby explains that she would pass people in the street and they would stare at her and her belly like it was a badge of shame. Even her only family and friends made horrible remarks such as, that she's ruined her life, she probably won’t even graduate. All of these things made it very difficult for Gaby to continue with her project, the only thing that kept her going…

Originally the scarlet letter A stood for adultery; however, as time progressed, Hester proved her worth by bearing her shame and reciprocated peoples judgemental ridicule by being kind to the homeless and giving charity. The people inevitably began to see Hester as good and strong, to the point of refusing the A’s original meaning and claiming otherwise. “ They said that…

As Hester expresses, “This badge hath taught me...lessons whereof my child may be the wiser and better, albeit they can profit nothing to myself”. Hester proves her selflessness in she says that her life is dedicated in helping Pearl. The pain and torment Hester had to go through…

happen if someone else were to commit said crime. In certain communities, people look up to the criminals instead of looking down on them. The public humiliation is not punishment. Instead, it is a reward. Forcing someone to hold up a sign is seen as a badge of honor in numerous communities. Also, public shaming can lead to riots. If a community decides to rally and riot against a person who commits a crime, it can lead to more criminal conduct than before. The rioting and rallying cause more…

Hester Prynne and Edna Pontellier are characters from two classic American works of literature. Hester Prynne is from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edna Ponteller is from The Awakening by Kate Chopin. Both women live interesting lives detailed in their stories. Both are mothers who long to be more than what society says they should be. Hester Prynne was a kind and loving mother. She loved her daughter, Pearl, with all her heart. As shown here when Prynne was fighting to keep…

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne has many symbols, but none of them really stand out as much as the one the book is named after, THE SCARLET LETTER. While The Scarlet Letter has many meanings, the most common known one is that it stands for adultery, the sin that occurred between Arthur Dimmesdale and Hester Prynne, how the meaning changes over the course of the book; it also appears as different things such as the meteor, the A pierced into Dimmesdale’s chest, when pearl created a…

it was initially meant to induce guilt, the scarlet letter ironically becomes Hester’s “passport into regions where other women dared not tread, [as] shame, despair, [and] solitude … had made her strong” (Hawthorne 165). By accepting the scarlet letter as a part of her identity, Hester was able to transform the social perception of her badge of shame, proving her power and strength. Despite her rejection from society and the consequence of isolation, Hester continues to provide charitable work…